Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://wikidata.dbpedia.org/resource/Q5545764> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 46 of
46
with 100 triples per page.
- Q5545764 subject Q6581609.
- Q5545764 subject Q6646925.
- Q5545764 subject Q7112479.
- Q5545764 subject Q7930389.
- Q5545764 subject Q8246349.
- Q5545764 subject Q8269974.
- Q5545764 subject Q8465497.
- Q5545764 subject Q8465499.
- Q5545764 abstract "George W. Walker (May 22, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois – January 19, 1993 in Tucson, Arizona) was an industrial and automotive designer. His most notable work was the original Ford Thunderbird.His father worked for the Erie Railroad and the family moved several times, settling in Cleveland, Ohio when Walker was in his teens. He played semi-professional football and held down odd jobs, but his interest in art led to art school in Los Angeles. He began his professional career as an illustrator for department store advertising, initially as a student in LA and then as an independent in Cleveland.He broke into the auto business doing illustration work for the failing Peerless automobile company in the late 1920s. He went on to a brief stint working for Harley Earl and John Tjaarda at General Motors, then to Graham-Paige. In 1929 the stock market crash spelled the end for many companies, including Graham-Paige, and Walker went looking for work. He found it with a hardware supplier, Dura. This company supplied several automakers with parts.This job led to contact with József Galamb, the primary designer for Ford Motor Company. Walker's firm did substantial design work for Ford parts, then in the late 1940s began styling work for some Ford cars. In the early 1950s he joined Ford at the behest of Ford executive Ernie Breech, bringing colleagues Elwood Engel and Joe Oros (later a primary designer on the Mustang. Walker became corporate vice-president of Ford Motor Company for design in 1955. He stepped down from all his positions at Ford in 1961 after reaching the company's mandatory retirement age of 65.Walker appeared on the November 4, 1957 cover of TIME Magazine. On October 15, 1959, he appeared as a guest challenger on the TV panel show To Tell the Truth.Walker's career also included industrial design for clocks, bread boxes, chemistry sets, bicycles, and roller skates, among other products.He moved to Gulf Stream, Florida, where he became mayor in 1976. He died on January 19, 1993 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 96.".
- Q5545764 wikiPageExternalLink walkeri.htm.
- Q5545764 wikiPageExternalLink walker.htm.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q1133834.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q1297.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q1353770.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q1541900.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q16000425.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q1783748.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q183476.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q18575.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q1866968.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q201684.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q243606.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q37320.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q41323.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q43297.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q4371047.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q44294.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q512883.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q5368331.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q5393704.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q6211637.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q6581609.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q6646925.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q6918473.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q7112479.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q717474.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q787489.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q7930389.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q8246349.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q8269974.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q8465497.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q8465499.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q872948.
- Q5545764 wikiPageWikiLink Q905419.
- Q5545764 comment "George W. Walker (May 22, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois – January 19, 1993 in Tucson, Arizona) was an industrial and automotive designer. His most notable work was the original Ford Thunderbird.His father worked for the Erie Railroad and the family moved several times, settling in Cleveland, Ohio when Walker was in his teens. He played semi-professional football and held down odd jobs, but his interest in art led to art school in Los Angeles.".
- Q5545764 label "George W. Walker".