Fur Fashion Show, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
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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
29 October 1939
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.232.1205
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: 1365
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