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
Creators
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
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