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Man Using a 1939-1946 John Deere Model "B" Series Tractor

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Artifact Overview

Deere & Company released the streamlined Model B, styled by industrial designer, Henry Dreyfuss, in late 1938. Farmers used the four-gear forward tractor to pull a two-bottom plow, cultivate corn or soybeans, power a mounted corn picker, or run a corn sheller off the belt-drive. The rounded hood and grill and more expensive rubber-tire option meant the tractor looked as good as it performed.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1939-1946

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

77.110.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Deere & Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Man Using a 1939-1946 John Deere Model "B" Series Tractor