Photograph with Edsel Ford's Handwritten Note to Ford Design Chief E.T. Gregorie, 1940

THF108441 / Photograph with Edsel Ford's Handwritten Note to Ford Design Chief E.T. Gregorie, 1940
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Artifact Overview

Edsel Ford and Eugene T. "Bob" Gregorie enjoyed a successful working relationship. Hired by Edsel Ford in 1932, Gregorie became the first head of Ford's design department three years later. Together they produced the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr and the 1940 Lincoln Continental. Gregorie left the company after Edsel Ford's death in 1943, though he briefly returned later in the decade.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

21 March 1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.2870

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in

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