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
Collection Title
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
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