Farm Workers with Mechanical Potato Harvester and Baskets of Potatoes, 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 of typical farmworkers appears harmless, but typewritten comments on the back expose its true purpose.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1923-1924
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
91.98.601
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: 5.25 in
Width: 8 in
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