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- "Road of Tomorrow," Ford Exposition Building, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. In addition to viewing educational demonstrations and exhibits, Ford exposition visitors could ride in brand-new Ford automobiles along the Road of Tomorrow. Befitting the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme, this conceptual highway experience suggested modern techniques for safer, quieter, and more efficient roadways.
- May 14, 1939
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"Road of Tomorrow," Ford Exposition Building, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. In addition to viewing educational demonstrations and exhibits, Ford exposition visitors could ride in brand-new Ford automobiles along the Road of Tomorrow. Befitting the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme, this conceptual highway experience suggested modern techniques for safer, quieter, and more efficient roadways.
- Postcard, "New York World's Fair 1939, Vanity Fair Building" - Postcards from the 1939 New York World's Fair depicted colorful images of exposition buildings or other scenes. Tourists purchased these and mailed them back to family and friends. This postcard was part of a series produced by the Miller Art Company of Brooklyn, New York, that all featured the iconic fair symbols, the Trylon and Perisphere, on their left-hand side.
- 1939
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Postcard, "New York World's Fair 1939, Vanity Fair Building"
Postcards from the 1939 New York World's Fair depicted colorful images of exposition buildings or other scenes. Tourists purchased these and mailed them back to family and friends. This postcard was part of a series produced by the Miller Art Company of Brooklyn, New York, that all featured the iconic fair symbols, the Trylon and Perisphere, on their left-hand side.
- Mural by Paule and Max Ingrand, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
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Mural by Paule and Max Ingrand, circa 1935
- Herbert T. Strong at 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 exhibition space. Special guests numbered among Ford's 15 million reported exposition visitors. This photograph shows author Herbert Thompson Strong with one of the Ford building's many industrial displays.
- September 04, 1939
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Herbert T. Strong at 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 exhibition space. Special guests numbered among Ford's 15 million reported exposition visitors. This photograph shows author Herbert Thompson Strong with one of the Ford building's many industrial displays.
- Family with Ford Automobile, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940 - The 1940 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Newspapers held contests nationwide to select 48 "typical American families." Each was awarded a week's stay in a futuristic model home at the fair. Ford Motor Company sponsored the promotion, covering each family's travel expenses and providing a chauffeured Deluxe V-8 Ford for the week.
- August 25, 1940
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Family with Ford Automobile, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940
The 1940 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Newspapers held contests nationwide to select 48 "typical American families." Each was awarded a week's stay in a futuristic model home at the fair. Ford Motor Company sponsored the promotion, covering each family's travel expenses and providing a chauffeured Deluxe V-8 Ford for the week.
- Fleet Owners at Ford Exposition Garden Court, 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 company hosted many special guests during the two-year event--including this group of Ford fleet owners, who numbered among the reported 15 million fairgoers to visit the company's exposition.
- May 09, 1939
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Fleet Owners at Ford Exposition Garden Court, 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 company hosted many special guests during the two-year event--including this group of Ford fleet owners, who numbered among the reported 15 million fairgoers to visit the company's exposition.
- Family with Ford Tractor, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940 - The 1940 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Newspapers held contests nationwide to select 48 "typical American families." Each was awarded a week's stay in a futuristic model home at the fair. Ford Motor Company sponsored the promotion, covering each family's travel expenses and hosting a special visit to the Ford Exposition.
- July 29, 1940
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Family with Ford Tractor, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940
The 1940 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Newspapers held contests nationwide to select 48 "typical American families." Each was awarded a week's stay in a futuristic model home at the fair. Ford Motor Company sponsored the promotion, covering each family's travel expenses and hosting a special visit to the Ford Exposition.
- Machine in Industrialized Farm Display, 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 in two main halls. At the "industrialized farm," visitors could learn about soybeans and watch presenters process them into plastics and fibers.
- June 01, 1939
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Machine in Industrialized Farm Display, 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 in two main halls. At the "industrialized farm," visitors could learn about soybeans and watch presenters process them into plastics and fibers.
- Family with Ford Automobile, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940 - The 1940 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Newspapers held contests nationwide to select 48 "typical American families." Each was awarded a week's stay in a futuristic model home at the fair. Ford Motor Company sponsored the promotion, covering each family's travel expenses and hosting a special visit to the Ford Exposition.
- May 21, 1940
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Family with Ford Automobile, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940
The 1940 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Newspapers held contests nationwide to select 48 "typical American families." Each was awarded a week's stay in a futuristic model home at the fair. Ford Motor Company sponsored the promotion, covering each family's travel expenses and hosting a special visit to the Ford Exposition.
- Grounds outside Ford Exposition Building, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. In addition to educational demonstrations, exhibits, complimentary entertainment, and rides on the Road of Tomorrow experience, visitors to the Ford exposition found places to rest. Outdoors, on the grounds of the Ford building, fairgoers could relax among fountains and landscaped gardens.
- June 10, 1939
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Grounds outside Ford Exposition Building, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. In addition to educational demonstrations, exhibits, complimentary entertainment, and rides on the Road of Tomorrow experience, visitors to the Ford exposition found places to rest. Outdoors, on the grounds of the Ford building, fairgoers could relax among fountains and landscaped gardens.