Washougal Woolen Mills in Portland, Oregon, 1923-1924

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Artifact Overview

Beginning in 1920, the Henry Ford-owned weekly newspaper The Dearborn Independent ran a series of front-page articles that denounced all things Jewish. Though the series ended in 1922, the weekly continued anti-Jewish diatribes in other articles, most notably those attacking Aaron Sapiro, a farm cooperative organizer. This photograph, though it appears harmless, was part of that campaign. Typewritten comments on the back expose its true purpose.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1923-1924

Subject Date

1923-1924

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.98.608

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.75 in
Width: 13.5 in