Soybean Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1930

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Artifact Overview

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.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1930

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.O.6213

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.063 in
Width: 10 in

Soybean Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1930