Advertisement for Ford Motor Company, "1st to 'Grow' Automobile Parts on the Farm," 1946
THF207386 / Advertisement for Ford Motor Company, "1st to 'Grow' Automobile Parts on the Farm," 1946
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Artifact Overview
Featuring company founder Henry Ford, this national advertising campaign includes views that he promoted beginning in early 1928: "Transforming Crops into Motor Car Materials, to Benefit Car Owner and Farmer Alike." In 1931, Henry Ford decided to experiment with soybeans, and by 1933 produced oil for paints and molded ground meal into small plastic car parts, like gear shift knobs.
Artifact Details
Artifact
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Date Made
1946
Subject Date
1946
Creators
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Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.19.481
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 18 in
Width: 12.5 in
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Related Content
SetHenry Ford: Soybeans
- 15 Artifacts
Henry Ford believed that industry and agriculture should complement one another. In the 1930s, he pursued soybeans as a crop that might unite the two. Ford built a soybean laboratory in Greenfield Village. Experiments there led to the use of some soy-based oils and plastics in Ford Motor Company vehicles.