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- Stone Road in the Ruin of a City, 1934 - "Roads of the World" was part of the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan. Visitors rode new Ford vehicles through reproductions of famous roadways from around the world. Ford spent $176,000 landscaping the attraction into historic and modern sections. To ensure a realistic, immersive experience, crews used reference photographs--like this one--to recreate the 19 "Roads of the World."
- circa 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Stone Road in the Ruin of a City, 1934
"Roads of the World" was part of the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan. Visitors rode new Ford vehicles through reproductions of famous roadways from around the world. Ford spent $176,000 landscaping the attraction into historic and modern sections. To ensure a realistic, immersive experience, crews used reference photographs--like this one--to recreate the 19 "Roads of the World."
- Geodesic Dome Test Module, Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1953 -
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
Geodesic Dome Test Module, Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1953
- Ford Rotunda Building on Fire, Dearborn, Michigan, November 9, 1962 - Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This photo depicts the early moments of the Ford Rotunda fire, November 9, 1962, caused when a sealer for the geodesic dome ignited accidentally from a propane heater.
- November 09, 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Rotunda Building on Fire, Dearborn, Michigan, November 9, 1962
Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This photo depicts the early moments of the Ford Rotunda fire, November 9, 1962, caused when a sealer for the geodesic dome ignited accidentally from a propane heater.
- Boxing Match at Ford Rotunda, April 1943 -
- April 07, 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Boxing Match at Ford Rotunda, April 1943
- Wrestling Match at Ford Rotunda, April 1943 -
- April 02, 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Wrestling Match at Ford Rotunda, April 1943
- Wrestling Match at Ford Rotunda, April 1943 -
- April 02, 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Wrestling Match at Ford Rotunda, April 1943
- Boxing Match at Ford Rotunda, April 1943 -
- April 07, 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Boxing Match at Ford Rotunda, April 1943
- Fire at the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1962 - Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This photo vividly depicts the Ford Rotunda fire, November 9, 1962, caused when a sealer for the geodesic dome ignited accidentally from a propane heater.
- November 09, 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Fire at the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1962
Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This photo vividly depicts the Ford Rotunda fire, November 9, 1962, caused when a sealer for the geodesic dome ignited accidentally from a propane heater.
- Boys Town Football Players Visiting the Ford Rouge Plant before Game with Detroit Catholic Central, October 21, 1944 -
- October 21, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Boys Town Football Players Visiting the Ford Rouge Plant before Game with Detroit Catholic Central, October 21, 1944
- Paved Road, circa 1935 - "Roads of the World" was part of the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan. Visitors rode new Ford vehicles through reproductions of famous roadways from around the world. Ford spent $176,000 landscaping the attraction into historic and modern sections. To ensure a realistic, immersive experience, crews used reference photographs--like this one--to recreate the 19 "Roads of the World."
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Paved Road, circa 1935
"Roads of the World" was part of the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan. Visitors rode new Ford vehicles through reproductions of famous roadways from around the world. Ford spent $176,000 landscaping the attraction into historic and modern sections. To ensure a realistic, immersive experience, crews used reference photographs--like this one--to recreate the 19 "Roads of the World."