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Century of Progress Souvenir Specimen Box of Materials Used in Ford Automobile Manufacture, 1934
1934
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Ford Motor Company mounted the most talked-about exhibition in Chicago during the World's Fair in 1934. One highlight of the Ford Exposition building was "Out of the Earth" -- a series of dioramas showing the major resources used in automotive production. Visitors could return home with souvenir boxes that contained samples of some of these natural materials.
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- Title: Century of Progress Souvenir Specimen Box of Materials Used in Ford Automobile Manufacture, 1934
- Date Created: 1934
- Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
- Subject Keywords: Ford Motor Company, Exhibitions, Commemorations, Ford automobile, Automobiles, World's fairs, Cars, Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.), Souvenirs
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Souvenir
- Object ID: 98.59.1
- Image ID: THF153819
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Betty P. Price
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