Sketch for the Cornell-Liberty Safety Car, 1956
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Artifact Overview
Industrial designer Raymond Loewy produced a series of design drawings for the "Safety Car" built in 1957 by Cornell University and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The finished concept car incorporated more than 60 safety improvements from seat belts, to padded interior surfaces, to accordion-style folding doors.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Design drawing
Date Made
circa 1956
Subject Date
circa 1956
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2001.74.1.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Vellum (Paper)
Graphite (Mineral)
Technique
Drawing (Image-making)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 13.625 in
Width: 16.5 in (irregular)
Inscriptions
signature lower right:
Raymond Loewy
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