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

September 1956

Subject Date

1956

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2001.74.1.7

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Vellum (Paper)
Colored pencil
Graphite (Mineral)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 13.75 in
Width: 16.75 in

Inscriptions

signature lower right: Raymond Loewy / Sept 56