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.358.1.9.70
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
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