Japanese Men and Women in the Strawberry Fields, California, 1921-1922

THF624653 / Japanese Men and Women in the Strawberry Fields, California, 1921-1922
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Artifact Overview

This seemingly innocuous photograph was taken to support an article in The Dearborn Independent attacking Japanese farmers' supposed control of the fruit-growing industry in California. Comments on the back expose its true purpose. Harry H. Dunn, a freelance writer, penned the article. With the support of the paper's editors, he also wrote some of the defamatory anti-Jewish articles for Henry Ford's weekly.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1921-1922

Subject Date

1921-1922

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.98.437

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford R. Bryan.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Dimensions

Height: 7.25 in
Width: 9.5 in

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