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- Travel in South America: Visiting a Sugar Cane Plant and Driving in the Mountains, South America, circa 1930 - "Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. These images helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Travel in South America: Visiting a Sugar Cane Plant and Driving in the Mountains, South America, circa 1930
"Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. These images helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- Horse Walking Down Slope, South America, circa 1930 - "Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. This image helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Horse Walking Down Slope, South America, circa 1930
"Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. This image helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- "Glimpse of the Royal Road of the Incas, Peru," circa 1930 - "Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. This image helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
"Glimpse of the Royal Road of the Incas, Peru," circa 1930
"Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. This image helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- Lithograph, "San Mateo Ferry, Bolivia," circa 1855 -
- circa 1855
- Collections - Artifact
Lithograph, "San Mateo Ferry, Bolivia," circa 1855
- Two Historic South American Roads, circa 1930 - "Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. These images helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Two Historic South American Roads, circa 1930
"Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. These images helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- Furness Prince Steamboat Line Advertisement, "South America," July 1929 - Furness Withy was formed in Hartlepool, England, in 1891. The company operated a fleet of cargo ships and passenger liners, with its passenger ships offering regular transatlantic service between Britain and North America. It acquired the Prince Line -- and its routes between New York City and South America -- in 1916. Furness Withy ended its passenger operations in 1966.
- July 01, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Furness Prince Steamboat Line Advertisement, "South America," July 1929
Furness Withy was formed in Hartlepool, England, in 1891. The company operated a fleet of cargo ships and passenger liners, with its passenger ships offering regular transatlantic service between Britain and North America. It acquired the Prince Line -- and its routes between New York City and South America -- in 1916. Furness Withy ended its passenger operations in 1966.
- "Life" Magazine, March 26, 1965 -
- March 26, 1965
- Collections - Artifact
"Life" Magazine, March 26, 1965
- Two South American Views: Flat Bridge over Low River, and Agricultural Irrigation, circa 1930 - "Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. These images helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Two South American Views: Flat Bridge over Low River, and Agricultural Irrigation, circa 1930
"Roads of the Pacific" was part of the Ford Exhibit, the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 reproductions of famous roads. Crews used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive visitor experience. These images helped them recreate part of the Inca Road, which spanned the South American Andes.
- Map Showing Routes of Communication between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- circa 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Map Showing Routes of Communication between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- Legend for Map Showing Routes of Communication Between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- circa 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Legend for Map Showing Routes of Communication Between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.