Building Plans for a Roadside Market, for Selling Produce Grown by Greenfield Village School Students, 1930
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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. She had Edward Cutler, the Historical Architect of Greenfield Village, draw up these plans for the building.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Subject Date
1930
Creator Notes
Building design by Clara Ford. Original drawing by Edward Cutler.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.13.35
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 14 in
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