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- Photomontage of Heinz Exhibits at World's Fairs and Expositions, May 12, 1909 - Photographs of the H.J. Heinz factory -- including buildings, employees, and the manufacturing process -- were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. This advertising layout features several modified photographs of various Heinz exhibition displays. This arrangement of photos was featured in several Heinz publications to promote the popularity, professionalism, and quality of Heinz products.
- May 12, 1909
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Photomontage of Heinz Exhibits at World's Fairs and Expositions, May 12, 1909
Photographs of the H.J. Heinz factory -- including buildings, employees, and the manufacturing process -- were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. This advertising layout features several modified photographs of various Heinz exhibition displays. This arrangement of photos was featured in several Heinz publications to promote the popularity, professionalism, and quality of Heinz products.
- Ford Exhibition Building, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, spending more than $5 million to construct and maintain its elaborate and well-attended exhibition space. The Ford exposition attracted fairgoers of all ages with industrial demonstrations, informative displays, complimentary entertainment, the Road of Tomorrow experience, and places to relax among fountains and landscaped gardens.
- May 06, 1939
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Ford Exhibition Building, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, spending more than $5 million to construct and maintain its elaborate and well-attended exhibition space. The Ford exposition attracted fairgoers of all ages with industrial demonstrations, informative displays, complimentary entertainment, the Road of Tomorrow experience, and places to relax among fountains and landscaped gardens.
- Exhibition Hall, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, spending more than $5 million to construct and maintain its elaborate and well-attended exposition space. Ford's massive exhibition building attracted fairgoers with industrial demonstrations and informative displays. The huge, revolving "Ford Cycle of Production" - which explained how raw materials became Ford automobile parts - particularly impressed visitors.
- 1939
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Exhibition Hall, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, spending more than $5 million to construct and maintain its elaborate and well-attended exposition space. Ford's massive exhibition building attracted fairgoers with industrial demonstrations and informative displays. The huge, revolving "Ford Cycle of Production" - which explained how raw materials became Ford automobile parts - particularly impressed visitors.
- Fabric Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Henry Ford viewed national expositions as business opportunities <EM>and</EM> platforms for public education. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company spent more than $5 million to build and maintain an elaborate exposition space. Informative displays and manufacturing demonstrations inside Ford's massive fair building offered visitors an in-depth, entertaining, and educational look at industrial processes.
- 1939
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Fabric Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Henry Ford viewed national expositions as business opportunities and platforms for public education. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company spent more than $5 million to build and maintain an elaborate exposition space. Informative displays and manufacturing demonstrations inside Ford's massive fair building offered visitors an in-depth, entertaining, and educational look at industrial processes.
- Brochure and Map of Ford Exhibition Building and "The World of Tomorrow," New York World's Fair, 1939-1940 - In 1893, three years before constructing his first automobile, Henry Ford was inspired by an internal combustion engine at Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition. Within a few decades, Ford Motor Company would become a leading exhibitor in expositions throughout the country. This magazine ad highlights the company's historic relationship with world's fairs and advertises Ford's 1939-40 New York World's Fair building.
- 1939-1940
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Brochure and Map of Ford Exhibition Building and "The World of Tomorrow," New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
In 1893, three years before constructing his first automobile, Henry Ford was inspired by an internal combustion engine at Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition. Within a few decades, Ford Motor Company would become a leading exhibitor in expositions throughout the country. This magazine ad highlights the company's historic relationship with world's fairs and advertises Ford's 1939-40 New York World's Fair building.
- Panel Machine, Ford Exhibition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Henry Ford viewed national expositions as business opportunities <EM>and</EM> platforms for public education. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company spent more than $5 million to build and maintain an elaborate exposition space. Informative displays and manufacturing demonstrations inside Ford's massive fair building offered visitors an in-depth, entertaining, and educational look at industrial processes.
- June 01, 1939
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Panel Machine, Ford Exhibition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Henry Ford viewed national expositions as business opportunities and platforms for public education. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company spent more than $5 million to build and maintain an elaborate exposition space. Informative displays and manufacturing demonstrations inside Ford's massive fair building offered visitors an in-depth, entertaining, and educational look at industrial processes.
- Commercial Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- August 04, 1939
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Commercial Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
- Commercial Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- August 04, 1939
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Commercial Exhibit, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
- Souvenir Brochure, General Motors Exhibit Building "Highways and Horizons," New York World's Fair, 1939 - Many exhibits at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair tried to demonstrate to a depression-weary public that the future could be rosy if people just had faith. The hit of the General Motors pavilion, "Highways and Horizons," was Futurama, created by industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes and predicting a modernized America of 1960.
- 1939-1940
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Souvenir Brochure, General Motors Exhibit Building "Highways and Horizons," New York World's Fair, 1939
Many exhibits at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair tried to demonstrate to a depression-weary public that the future could be rosy if people just had faith. The hit of the General Motors pavilion, "Highways and Horizons," was Futurama, created by industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes and predicting a modernized America of 1960.
- Desk Used by Ulysses S. Grant between 1848 and 1885 -
- 1848-1885
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Desk Used by Ulysses S. Grant between 1848 and 1885