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

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Artifact Overview

Automotive designers were photographed in 1948 while working at their drafting tables in the Ford Engineering Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built the lab in 1923-1924 to house its tool design, production engineering and experimental engineering research departments. The facility was expanded several times over the years. It later housed the advanced design studio and powertrain engineering facilities.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Date Made

1948

Subject Date

1948

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1651.85

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

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