Eugene Farkas with other Engineers and Designers in a Drafting Room at the Ford Piquette Plant, 1908
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Eugene Farkas was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 1906. Farkas, a trained engineer, joined Ford Motor Company briefly in 1907-1908, and then returned as head of Ford's experimental drafting room in 1913. Farkas worked on tractors, experimental engines, the Model A chassis, and B-24 bombers in a long career that ended with his retirement in 1947.
Eugene Farkas was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 1906. Farkas, a trained engineer, joined Ford Motor Company briefly in 1907-1908, and then returned as head of Ford's experimental drafting room in 1913. Farkas worked on tractors, experimental engines, the Model A chassis, and B-24 bombers in a long career that ended with his retirement in 1947.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1908
Creator Notes
Copy made July 11, 1919 of a 1908 photograph.
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Draftsmen (People in engineering)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.27206
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in