Ford Motor Company World Headquarters, Dearborn, Michigan, October 1962
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company's world headquarters moved to a new 12-story office complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1956. Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building in the then-popular International Style. Initially called the Central Staff Office Building -- and nicknamed the "Glass House" -- Ford renamed the complex the Henry Ford II World Center in 1996.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
03 October 1962
Subject Date
03 October 1962
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.130125.1
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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