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Fordson Tractor Repair Class, Russia, 1926

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Artifact Overview

In 1926, Ford Motor Company sent a team of experts to Russia, at the request of the Soviet government, to advise on the continued maintenance of some 25,000 Fordson tractors imported there since 1920. The Ford team spent four months touring the country, training Soviet technicians and evaluating possibilities for Ford factories in Russia.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1926

Collection Title

Report of the Ford Delegation to Russia and the U.S.S.R.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2005.1.1870.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.125 in (Manuscript is larger: 8.5x11 paper)
Width: 3.125 in

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