Ford Motor Company Designers Gil Spear and Larry Wilson Working on Clay Model, 1950

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Artifact Overview

Gil Spear (left) began his career at General Motors before joining Ford in 1947, where he remained until retiring in 1974. Larry Wilson (right) started at Ford as a clay modeler in 1940, having been hired by Henry Ford himself. Wilson retired in 1981. The two designers were photographed in 1950 while working on a three-eighths-scale clay model.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

16 November 1950-01 December 1950

Subject Date

16 November 1950

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.94185.5

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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Ford Motor Company Designers Gil Spear and Larry Wilson Working on Clay Model, 1950