Ford Dump Truck and Harvesting Combine at Ford Farm, Macon, Michigan, 1936

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford acquired thousands of acres of farmland in southeast Michigan, collectively known as the Ford Farms. Much of the Farms' acreage was dedicated to one of Ford's agricultural interests at that time: soybeans. This 1936 image shows a combine, dump truck, and worker during a soybean harvest in Macon, Michigan.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1936

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.188.17845

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: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in

Ford Dump Truck and Harvesting Combine at Ford Farm, Macon, Michigan, 1936