Two Tracks of Automobiles Entering the Magic Skyway Ride in the Ford Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965

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Artifact Overview

For its pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company brought in Walt Disney to design a "unique and memorable entertainment adventure" that would outshine its competitors. This became the Magic Skyway ride, in which guests sat in Ford convertibles through a Disney-designed show. Convertibles moved at evenly spaced intervals along two parallel fixed tracks.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

1964-1965

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

81.169.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Stanley Cousineau.

Material

Film (Material by form)
Cardboard

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

Two Tracks of Automobiles Entering the Magic Skyway Ride in the Ford Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965