Installing Mercury Statue outside Ford Exposition Building, New York World's Fair, 1940
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The main entrance to Ford Motor Company's exposition building at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair featured a stainless steel sculpture that stood 25 feet high and weighed several tons. The statue -- created by sculptor and industrial designer Robert Foster -- depicted the Roman god Mercury, whose mythological speed symbolized the swift progress of modern transportation.
The main entrance to Ford Motor Company's exposition building at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair featured a stainless steel sculpture that stood 25 feet high and weighed several tons. The statue -- created by sculptor and industrial designer Robert Foster -- depicted the Roman god Mercury, whose mythological speed symbolized the swift progress of modern transportation.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
23 April 1940
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.232.1302
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Verso: 2040
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