Roadside Market Stand Selling Produce Grown by Greenfield Village School Students, 1934
THF117976 / Roadside Market Stand Selling Produce Grown by Greenfield Village School Students, 1934
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Artifact Overview
Clara Ford tried to help rural farm women during her presidency of the National Women's Farm & Garden Association. She developed a design for a neat but inexpensive roadside market building that could show off fresh farm produce. This market, of her design, was run by Greenfield Village School students, who sold the produce of their school gardens.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
03 September 1938
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.P.188.23949
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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