People Viewing the Ford Cycle of Production Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939-1940

THF225380 / People Viewing the Ford Cycle of Production Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
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Artifact Overview

The "Ford Cycle of Production," featured at the Ford Exposition building during the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, was a huge revolving wedding-cake turntable with tiers that floated on pontoons in a moat. With 87 working models and 142 animated figures, it illustrated how 27 raw materials (at the bottom) were progressively transformed into parts for automobiles (at the top).

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1939-1940

Subject Date

1939-1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.1793

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: 11.125 in

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