Ford Motor Company's Remodeled New York City Branch Sales Showroom, Designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, October 1937

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company operated sales and service branches throughout the United States -- and ultimately around the world. Architect Albert Kahn designed this building for Ford's showroom, parts department, and offices on Broadway in New York City. It opened in 1919, and it was thoroughly remodeled in 1937. Ford sold the building to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1943.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

29 October 1937

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.721.385

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 11.125 in

Ford Motor Company's Remodeled New York City Branch Sales Showroom, Designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, October 1937