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- Men Walking on Mountain Road between Basra, Iraq and Karachi, Pakistan, circa 1930 - "Roads of the World" was part of the Ford Building at Chicago's 1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition. Visitors to this attraction rode new Ford vehicles through reproductions of historic and modern roadways. Ford used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive driving experience. This image helped recreate a section of the ancient "Road to Bagdad" in Western Asia.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Men Walking on Mountain Road between Basra, Iraq and Karachi, Pakistan, circa 1930
"Roads of the World" was part of the Ford Building at Chicago's 1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition. Visitors to this attraction rode new Ford vehicles through reproductions of historic and modern roadways. Ford used reference photographs to construct a realistic, immersive driving experience. This image helped recreate a section of the ancient "Road to Bagdad" in Western Asia.