"On Your Way to Two 1939 Fairs, You are Cordially Invited to Visit the Ford Rotunda and Rouge Plant," Dearborn, Michigan, 1939

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 brochure enticed travelers visiting one of the 1939 world's fairs to visit the Ford Rotunda and Rouge Plant in Dearborn.

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 brochure enticed travelers visiting one of the 1939 world's fairs to visit the Ford Rotunda and Rouge Plant in Dearborn.

Artifact

Brochure

Date Made

1939

Subject Date

1939

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2012.0.15.7

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Dark reddish brown

Dimensions

Height: 7.125 in

Width: 3.5 in

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