John Tjaarda, Automotive Designer, circa 1935
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As head of the design engineering division of the Briggs Manufacturing Company, John Tjaarda designed automotive bodies for Ford, Packard, and Chrysler. Ford exhibited one of his mockups, a frame for a rear-engine automobile, at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair. The frame became the basis of his most notable design: the popular 1936 Lincoln-Zephyr.
As head of the design engineering division of the Briggs Manufacturing Company, John Tjaarda designed automotive bodies for Ford, Packard, and Chrysler. Ford exhibited one of his mockups, a frame for a rear-engine automobile, at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair. The frame became the basis of his most notable design: the popular 1936 Lincoln-Zephyr.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1935
Subject Date
circa 1935
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Photographed by Gibson Studios, Chicago, Illinois.
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.1.1714.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 4.5 in
Inscriptions
Embossed into image in lower left corner: Gibson / STUDIOS / CHICAGO
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