Dearborn Independent Graphics Files
Archival Collection Overview
Historical Note
The Dearborn Independent began publication in 1901 in Dearborn, Michigan. It was published between 1901 and 1905 by J.J. Brown of the Suburban Publishing Company, and from 1905 until 1918 by M.T. Woodruff. Henry Ford purchased the small-town weekly in November 1918 to provide a forum in which to rectify what he felt were misinterpretations of his opinions by the press, and as an outlet for his ideas on social issues. The Dearborn Publishing Company, which published The Dearborn Inde...
Scope and Content Note
These files were found in the home of James Clyde Gilbert, who was secretary to William J. Cameron for 20 years, including the period of Cameron's editorship of The Dearborn Independent between 1921 and 1927. The collection was acquired by the Benson Ford Research Center of The Henry Ford in 1991.
The collection includes photoprints and drawings which were used to illustrate articles in The Dearborn Independent during a portion of the period of Henry Ford's ownership. The range...
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91.98.1
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Digitized Artifacts From This Collection
Sheep Waiting for a Ferry on the Columbia River in Oregon, 1923-1924
Japanese Men and Women in the Strawberry Fields, California, 1921-1922
Laundry Room in the Library of Congress, 1919-1920
Newly Completed State Flour Mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1921-1922
Workers in a Cucumber Greenhouse, circa 1923
German Irises Growing in a Nursery, circa 1923
Concrete Road Sections for Use in Experimental Impact Tests, Arlington, Virginia, 1921-1922
Aerial View of Los Angeles Harbor and Part of the Pacific Fleet, circa 1922
