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- Japanese Men and Women in the Strawberry Fields, California, 1921-1922 - This seemingly innocuous photograph was taken to support an article in <em>The Dearborn Independent</em> attacking Japanese farmers' supposed control of the fruit-growing industry in California. Comments on the back expose its true purpose. Harry H. Dunn, a freelance writer, penned the article. With the support of the paper's editors, he also wrote some of the defamatory anti-Jewish articles for Henry Ford's weekly.
- 1921-1922
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Japanese Men and Women in the Strawberry Fields, California, 1921-1922
This seemingly innocuous photograph was taken to support an article in The Dearborn Independent attacking Japanese farmers' supposed control of the fruit-growing industry in California. Comments on the back expose its true purpose. Harry H. Dunn, a freelance writer, penned the article. With the support of the paper's editors, he also wrote some of the defamatory anti-Jewish articles for Henry Ford's weekly.
- Farm Workers with Mechanical Potato Harvester and Baskets of Potatoes, 1923-1924 - Beginning in 1920, the Henry Ford-owned weekly newspaper <em>The Dearborn Independent</em> ran a series of front-page articles that denounced all things Jewish. Though the series ended in 1922, the weekly continued anti-Jewish diatribes in other articles, most notably those attacking Aaron Sapiro, a farm cooperative organizer. This photograph of typical farmworkers appears harmless, but typewritten comments on the back expose its true purpose.
- 1923-1924
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Farm Workers with Mechanical Potato Harvester and Baskets of Potatoes, 1923-1924
Beginning in 1920, the Henry Ford-owned weekly newspaper The Dearborn Independent ran a series of front-page articles that denounced all things Jewish. Though the series ended in 1922, the weekly continued anti-Jewish diatribes in other articles, most notably those attacking Aaron Sapiro, a farm cooperative organizer. This photograph of typical farmworkers appears harmless, but typewritten comments on the back expose its true purpose.
- "Agras MG-1" Drone, 2016 - The first uncrewed aerial vehicles or drones began hovering over farm fields in 2000. Some collected data. Others applied agricultural chemicals. Industry-leading China-based DJI designed its Agras MG-1 drone for precision spraying. Northwestern Michigan College used it to train operators after the Federal Aviation Administration began regulating drone use in 2016.
- 2016
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"Agras MG-1" Drone, 2016
The first uncrewed aerial vehicles or drones began hovering over farm fields in 2000. Some collected data. Others applied agricultural chemicals. Industry-leading China-based DJI designed its Agras MG-1 drone for precision spraying. Northwestern Michigan College used it to train operators after the Federal Aviation Administration began regulating drone use in 2016.
- Potato Harvest at Ford Farms, Southeastern Michigan, circa 1931 -
- circa 1931
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Potato Harvest at Ford Farms, Southeastern Michigan, circa 1931
- Picking Strawberries in January, circa 1928 -
- circa 1928
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Picking Strawberries in January, circa 1928
- World War II Poster, "Call to Farms. Join in the U.S. Crop Corps," circa 1943 - During the Second World War, all of the national governments of the warring nations used poster campaigns to encourage civilian and military support of the war effort. The advertising technique of these posters followed the innovative style developed during the First World War. By appealing to the viewer's emotions this poster helped the U.S. to rally the home front workers and consumers.
- circa 1943
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World War II Poster, "Call to Farms. Join in the U.S. Crop Corps," circa 1943
During the Second World War, all of the national governments of the warring nations used poster campaigns to encourage civilian and military support of the war effort. The advertising technique of these posters followed the innovative style developed during the First World War. By appealing to the viewer's emotions this poster helped the U.S. to rally the home front workers and consumers.
- Fruit Picker, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
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Fruit Picker, circa 1890
- Picking Strawberries, Charleston, S.C., 1907 -
- 1907
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Picking Strawberries, Charleston, S.C., 1907
- Irrigating Potato Fields near Hayden, Colorado, 1923-1924 -
- 1923-1924
- Collections - Artifact
Irrigating Potato Fields near Hayden, Colorado, 1923-1924
- Arable Mark 3 Crop Sensor, 2022-2023 -
- 2022-2023
- Collections - Artifact
Arable Mark 3 Crop Sensor, 2022-2023