Sundberg-Ferar Space Station Interior Concept Drawings, 1984

Summary

Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.

Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, the industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar was founded in 1934. The firm designed everything from airplanes to appliances but, starting in the 1960s, focused on mass transit vehicles. In the 1980s, Sundberg-Ferar worked with NASA and Lockheed Corporation on a series of design concepts for a proposed Earth-orbiting space station.

Artifact

Drawing (Visual work)

Date Made

circa 1984

Subject Date

circa 1984

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

95.1.1788.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 16.00 in

Width: 20.00 in

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