Ford Rotunda lantern slides series, 1948-1962.

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Ford Rotunda lantern slides series, 1948-1962.

Glass lantern slides documenting Ford Motor Company's activities, events, and exhibits at the Ford Rotunda. Includes images of scale models of the Rotunda and its reopening in 1953, Ford Motor Company Rouge River Plant factory tours, Christmas displays, suppliers shows, design and engineering shows, art exhibitions, flower and garden shows, introductions of new automobiles, and visits from celebrities and dignitaries. There are also images of the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, Washington; slides of a 1956 Ford Motor Company stockholder's meeting; and a visit from Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1952.

18 card file boxes : lantern slides, b&w and color.

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