Ford Gyron Automobile Displayed at the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1961
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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. People flocked to the Dearborn Rotunda when new car models were displayed, like the Ford Gyron, a futuristic two-wheeled gyrocar introduced in 1961.
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. People flocked to the Dearborn Rotunda when new car models were displayed, like the Ford Gyron, a futuristic two-wheeled gyrocar introduced in 1961.
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
1961
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
74.300.1182.5.95
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Glass (Material)
Paper tape
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on small oval paper sticker: 5-95 and another oval with 12-A on it
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