Ford Rotunda Public Lounge after the Building Renovation, 1952-1953

THF706411 / Ford Rotunda Public Lounge after the Building Renovation, 1952-1953 / frame 1

THF706412 / Ford Rotunda Public Lounge after the Building Renovation, 1952-1953 / frame 2

THF706409 / Ford Rotunda Public Lounge after the Building Renovation, 1952-1953

THF706410 / Ford Rotunda Public Lounge after the Building Renovation, 1952-1953 / back

Artifact Overview

As part of its fiftieth anniversary celebration in 1953, Ford Motor Company refurbished the Rotunda--an exhibit area and hospitality center for Ford's Rouge factory tours. The company commissioned Cincinnati artist Charley Harper to design a mural honoring the Model T. Visitors could view the completed mural, titled Transportation around the World, in the Rotunda's public lounge.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

1952-1953

Collection Title

Ford & Earl Design Associates Records

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2003.109.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford & Earl Associates, Inc.

Material

Cardboard

Color

Multicolored

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Slides (Photographs) Photographs Exhibition buildings Lounges (Sitting rooms) Public buildings Harper, Charley, 1922-2007 Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) Walter B. Ford Design Associates