Crowds around Exhibits, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939

THF216203 / Crowds around Exhibits, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, spending more than $5 million to construct and maintain its elaborate and well-attended exhibition space. The Ford exposition attracted fairgoers of all ages with industrial demonstrations, informative displays, complimentary entertainment, the Road of Tomorrow experience, and places to relax among fountains and landscaped gardens.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1939

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn

Collection Title

World's Fair Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.1282

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

Verso: 97

Keywords	United States, New York, New York, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Photographic prints Photographs Exhibitions World's fairs Ford Motor Company New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)