Special Checker Limousine Designed by Ray Dietrich and Made for Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

THF701194 / Special Checker Limousine Designed by Ray Dietrich and Made for Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

Artifact Overview

Ray Dietrich established his coachwork firm in Detroit in 1925. Dietrich, Inc., designed and built custom car bodies for automakers like Lincoln and Packard, and for individual clients. Dietrich designed this limousine, based on a Checker sedan, for Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. Bishop Sheen hosted the popular television program Life Is Worth Living from 1952 to 1957.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1959-1963

Creators

Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997

Collection Title

Henry Austin Clark, Jr. Photograph Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

92.1.1774.633

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Kalamazoo Photographic prints Photographs Automobiles Limousines Sheen, Fulton J. (Fulton John), 1895-1979 Dietrich, Ray (Raymond H.), 1893?-1980 Checker Motors Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.)