Workers Assembling the Geodesic Dome Roof on Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1953
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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. The Rotunda was renovated and reopened to the public in 1953. The renovations included a geodesic dome -- seen being assembled in this image -- designed by Buckminster Fuller.
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. The Rotunda was renovated and reopened to the public in 1953. The renovations included a geodesic dome -- seen being assembled in this image -- designed by Buckminster Fuller.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
June 1953
Creator Notes
Photographed by Fisher for Ford Motor Company Photographic Department, Dearborn, Michigan.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.105424
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
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