Fur Fashion Show, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939

Summary

Ford Motor Company established a dedicated Press Department to promote the Ford exhibition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Public relations staff worked to ensure that Ford's corporate presence saturated the fair, then distributed photographs and press releases to publications nationwide. This photograph is from a fall fashion show, one of hundreds of special fair events hosted by the Ford exposition.

Ford Motor Company established a dedicated Press Department to promote the Ford exhibition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Public relations staff worked to ensure that Ford's corporate presence saturated the fair, then distributed photographs and press releases to publications nationwide. This photograph is from a fall fashion show, one of hundreds of special fair events hosted by the Ford exposition.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

26 October 1939

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.1200

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in

Width: 7.5 in

Inscriptions

Verso: 1377

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