Using a Ford-Ferguson Tractor for Manure Removal at the Detroit Stockyards, January 1942

THF627838 / Using a Ford-Ferguson Tractor for Manure Removal at the Detroit Stockyards, January 1942 / front

THF627839 / Using a Ford-Ferguson Tractor for Manure Removal at the Detroit Stockyards, January 1942 / back

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

29 January 1942

Subject Date

29 January 1942

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn

Collection Title

General Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.76559

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.063 in
Width: 10.938 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Detroit Photographic prints Photographs Manure Stockyards Tractors (Agricultural equipment) Workers

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