Courtyard of the Ford Rotunda Building in Dearborn, Michigan, 1937
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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 until a devastating fire destroyed the building in 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This photo shows the central courtyard inside the building soon after it opened in 1937.
Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 until a devastating fire destroyed the building in 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This photo shows the central courtyard inside the building soon after it opened in 1937.
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
1937
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
74.300.1182.1.45
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Glass (Material)
Paper tape
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Text at top of lantern slide: FORD PUBLIC RELATIONS PHOTOGRAPHIC Handwritten in ink on small oval paper sticker: 1-45
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