Busy Bee Spinner, Shelton Loom Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940

THF216869 / Busy Bee Spinner, Shelton Loom Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company established a dedicated Press Department to promote the Ford exhibition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Public relations staff worked to ensure that Ford's corporate presence saturated the fair, then distributed photographs and press releases to publications nationwide. This photograph is from a fall fashion show, one of hundreds of special fair events hosted by the Ford exposition.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

06 May 1940

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

64.167.232.1614

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: 2050A

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