Eugene Farkas with other Engineers and Designers in a Drafting Room at the Ford Piquette Plant, 1908

Summary

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.

 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

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