Brochure, "The Ford Rotunda, Fifty Years Forward on the American Road" 1953

Summary

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. This souvenir book commemorated Ford's 50th Anniversary in 1953. The Ford Rotunda reopened then, with renovations that included a geodesic dome 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. This souvenir book commemorated Ford's 50th Anniversary in 1953. The Ford Rotunda reopened then, with renovations that included a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller.

Artifact

Brochure

Subject Date

1953

Collection Title

Advertising Records Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.450.6

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 6 in

Width: 9 in

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