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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

Edison Institute Photographs

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

Keywords
Rear View of the Soybean Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1930