Farmer on Tractor, Cultivating Corn Field, circa 1916

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Artifact Overview

American farmers adapt and innovate, incorporating new technologies as they become available. Here, a farmer uses a tractor to power a traditional horse-drawn cultivator around 1916. The equipment has been modified so he can control the tractor from the cultivator's seat.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1916

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

73.208.40

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 9.938 in

Farmer on Tractor, Cultivating Corn Field, circa 1916