Disabled Veterans Demonstrate Special Driving Attachments on Ford Automobile, July 1945

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Artifact Overview

More than 670,000 American soldiers were wounded in World War II. Many of them returned home with lasting injuries. Ford Motor Company adapted this car with special controls that could be operated by drivers with disabilities.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

20 July 1945

Subject Date

20 July 1945

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.81983.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in
Width: 11.00 in

Disabled Veterans Demonstrate Special Driving Attachments on Ford Automobile, July 1945