1950 Volkswagen Sedan, Overhead View Showing Interior
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Artifact Overview
The 1950 Volkswagen press kit included this drawing showing an interior arrangement unfamiliar to Americans -- trunk in front, engine in back. Other carmakers offered rear-engined cars, but the VW design proved to be long-lived.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1950
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed for Volkswagenwerk (Volkswagen of Germany)
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.150.9655.16
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.125 in
Width: 9.5 in
Inscriptions
Stamped on back:
VW--PHANTOMBILD
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