Virgil M. Exner with Wife and Daughter, Boarding Airplane, 1956

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Artifact Overview

Chrysler design head Virgil M. Exner was photographed with his wife and daughter as they boarded an American Airlines flight in 1956. The tailfins of a 1957 DeSoto are visible in the foreground. Tailfins were a prominent feature of Exner's "Forward Look" seen on Chrysler automobiles from 1955 to 1961.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1956

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.1.1741.183

Credit

From the Collections of the Henry Ford. Gift of Virgil M. Exner, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in