John Najjar Working in Advanced Design Group at Ford Motor Company Dearborn Engineering Laboratory, 1948

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Artifact Overview

Designer John Najjar was photographed in 1948 while sitting at his drafting table in the Ford Engineering Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan. Najjar spent more than 40 years at Ford Motor Company, contributing to cars like the 1957, 1958 and 1961 Lincolns; the 1961 Ford Thunderbird; the 1962 Mustang I experimental car; and the 1965 Ford Mustang production car.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Date Made

1948

Subject Date

1948

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1651.84

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the John Najjar Collection.

Material

Cardboard

Technique

Chromogenic processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

Inscriptions

on frame: J. NAJJAR / DESIGN DEPT FORD / EEE BUILDNG / 1948 on back: 1948 / DESIGN DEPT...CAMERA CREW TAKES PICTURES OF ADVANCED DESIGN GROUP.. / L.D. ASH, D.C. WOODS, G. BARBAZ / J. NAJJAR
John Najjar Working in Advanced Design Group at Ford Motor Company Dearborn Engineering Laboratory, 1948