Peggy Sauer, Woman Designer for General Motors Styling, circa 1960

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Artifact Overview

Margaret "Peg" Sauer earned degrees at Cranbrook Academy of Art and Wayne State University. She joined General Motors' Oldsmobile studio in 1955, where she designed concept cars like the 1958 Oldsmobile Carousel station wagon. Sauer contributed to Buick and Cadillac vehicles as well. In the early 1960s, Sauer joined Raymond Loewy's studio and worked on the Studebaker Avanti.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1960

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.828

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Resin-coated paper

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Peggy Sauer, Woman Designer for General Motors Styling, circa 1960