Rear View of the 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
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.459
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: 3.750 in
Width: 4.625 in
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