Ford Design Department, Woman Designer in Background, July 1945

THF272466 / Ford Design Department, Woman Designer in Background, July 1945
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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company formally established its Design Department in 1935. Edsel Ford, the guiding force behind the automaker's design efforts in the 1920s and 1930s, appointed E.T. "Bob" Gregorie to run the new unit. It was housed in a portion of the Ford Engineering Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan, until moving to a new, nearby Product Development Center in 1953.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

03 July 1945

Subject Date

03 July 1945

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.189.P.20887

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: 7.5 in
Width: 11.0 in