Postcard, The Ford Rotunda, Dearborn, Michigan, 1954
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After the Century of Progress Exposition ended in 1934, Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from that fair back to Dearborn. From 1936 to 1962, Ford recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This postcard shows the Ford Rotunda as it looked in 1954.
After the Century of Progress Exposition ended in 1934, Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from that fair back to Dearborn. From 1936 to 1962, Ford recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This postcard shows the Ford Rotunda as it looked in 1954.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
1954
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Card by Joseph Frenkel Co., Detroit, Michigan and Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois. Color by Dick Koehler.
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
89.0.543.285
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
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