100,000th Fordson Tractor on Final Assembly Line, February 21, 1920
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Henry Ford developed the first mass-produced and inexpensive lightweight tractor to meet the needs of small farmers. The Fordson, introduced in 1917, rapidly became the most popular tractor in America. This photograph shows the 100,000th Fordson tractor being assembled in 1920. That year, the United States Census Bureau began recording enormous declines in the population of farm horses.
Henry Ford developed the first mass-produced and inexpensive lightweight tractor to meet the needs of small farmers. The Fordson, introduced in 1917, rapidly became the most popular tractor in America. This photograph shows the 100,000th Fordson tractor being assembled in 1920. That year, the United States Census Bureau began recording enormous declines in the population of farm horses.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
21 February 1920
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.P.791
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Captioned in image, lower left corner: FORDSON TRACTOR/ NO. 100,000 / Leaving Final Assembly Line / at DEARBORN FACTORY / 10:45 A.M. FEB.21, 1920
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