Woman Poses with Ford Automobile, August 1946

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Artifact Overview

Colorful renderings and clay models were valuable tools to mid-20th-century automobile designers. But when it came time to verify how a car's shape and size accommodated real people in the real world, there was no substitute for a full-size mockup. This 1946 photograph shows a woman posing with a wooden mockup of a proposed Ford sedan.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

16 August 1946

Subject Date

16 August 1946

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.83116.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 8.25 in