Melvin Parson Shearing a Sheep at Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village

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Artifact Overview

Melvin Parson, Spring 2019 Entrepreneur-In-Residence at The Henry Ford, hand-sheared a Merino sheep with guidance from the Firestone Farm staff, thanks to the William Davidson Foundation's Initiative for Entrepreneurship. Parson, founder of We The People Growers Association, learned about sheep as wool producers during the 1880s on Harvey Firestone's family farm near Columbiana County, Ohio.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital photograph

Date Made

03 May 2019

Subject Date

03 May 2019

Creator Notes

Photographed by Jillian Ferraiuolo.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.358.1.9.57

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital photography (Digital camera)

Color

Multicolored