Sundberg-Ferar Space Station Interior Concept Drawings, 1984
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Artifact Overview
Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Drawing (Visual work)
Date Made
circa 1984
Subject Date
circa 1984
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
95.1.1788.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)
Technique
Drawing (Image-making)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 16.00 in
Width: 20.00 in
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