Ford Motor Company Design Studio, 1944-1946

THF143981 / Ford Motor Company Design Studio, 1944-1946
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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company formally established its Design Department in 1935. Edsel Ford, the guiding force behind the automaker's design efforts in the 1920s and 1930s, appointed E.T. "Bob" Gregorie to run the new unit. It was housed in a portion of the Ford Engineering Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan, until moving to a new, nearby Product Development Center in 1953.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Date Made

1944-1946

Subject Date

1944-1946

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1651.90

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the John Najjar Collection.

Material

Cardboard

Technique

Chromogenic processes

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in