Ford-Ferguson Model 9N Tractor Pulling a Combine, Macon, Michigan, November 1939

Summary

Henry Ford acquired thousands of acres of farmland in southeast Michigan, collectively known as the Ford Farms. Much of the Farms' acreage was dedicated to one of Ford's agricultural interests at that time: soybeans. This 1939 image shows a tractor-drawn combine harvesting soybeans in Macon, Michigan.

Henry Ford acquired thousands of acres of farmland in southeast Michigan, collectively known as the Ford Farms. Much of the Farms' acreage was dedicated to one of Ford's agricultural interests at that time: soybeans. This 1939 image shows a tractor-drawn combine harvesting soybeans in Macon, Michigan.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

01 November 1939

Subject Date

01 November 1939

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.72608.A

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.063 in

Width: 10.875 in

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