Soybean Experimental Laboratory in Greenfield Village, circa 1933

THF728456 / Soybean Experimental Laboratory in Greenfield Village, circa 1933
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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford believed that industry and agriculture should complement one another. In the 1930s, he pursued soybeans as a crop that might unite the two. Ford built a soybean laboratory in Greenfield Village. Experiments there led to the use of some soy-based oils and plastics in Ford Motor Company vehicles.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1933

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.7466

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in pencil on back of image: Soybean / Chemical Research Laboratory
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