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Rubber and Cotton Displays, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department1939

The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States

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.

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  • Title: Rubber and Cotton Displays, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
  • Creator: Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department
  • Date: 1939
  • Location: United States, Michigan, Dearborn, United States, New York, New York
  • Subject Keywords: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.), Ford Motor Company, Cotton (Fiber), Rubber goods, Exhibitions, World's fairs, New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.), Photographic prints, Photographs
  • Type: Photographs
  • Contributor: The Henry Ford
  • Original Source: Digital Collections
  • Object Name: Photographic print
  • Object ID: 64.167.232.1702
  • Image ID: THF217045
  • Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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