Driver Demonstrates Steering Wheel Attachments on Mercury Car for Handicapped Drivers, August 1945

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Artifact Overview

More than 670,000 American soldiers were wounded in World War II. Many of them returned home with lasting injuries. Ford Motor Company's Mercury Division adapted this car with special controls that could be operated by drivers with disabilities.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

01 August 1945

Subject Date

01 August 1945

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.82000.9

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 in

Driver Demonstrates Steering Wheel Attachments on Mercury Car for Handicapped Drivers, August 1945