Ford Gyron Automobile Displayed at the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1961
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. People flocked to the Dearborn Rotunda when new car models were displayed, like the Ford Gyron, a futuristic two-wheeled gyrocar introduced in 1961.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
1961
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
74.300.1182.5.95
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Glass (Material)
Paper tape
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on small oval paper sticker: 5-95 and another oval with 12-A on it
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Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. The 11-acre Ford Motor Company exhibit became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934, featuring a central Rotunda designed to simulate graduated clusters of gears. After the fair, this building became an attraction at Ford headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, until it burned down in 1962.