Souvenir Brochure, "Roads of the World, Ford Exposition, 'A Century of Progress' Chicago," 1934
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Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition highlighted progress to encourage optimism during the Great Depression. The Ford Motor Company exhibit became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934. In its "Roads of the World" feature, guests could walk over, or ride in cars alongside, replicas of 21 world-famous thoroughfares ranging from the earliest Roman types to the most modern highway construction.
Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition highlighted progress to encourage optimism during the Great Depression. The Ford Motor Company exhibit became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934. In its "Roads of the World" feature, guests could walk over, or ride in cars alongside, replicas of 21 world-famous thoroughfares ranging from the earliest Roman types to the most modern highway construction.
Artifact
Brochure
Subject Date
1934
Keywords
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.). Roads of the World Exhibit
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.554.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 6.125 in
Width: 4.563 in
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