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- Rock Garden at Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, 1929 - In the early 1910s, Henry and Clara Ford selected 1300 acres of farmland in Dearborn, Michigan, as the site for a new home. The Fords hired landscape architect Jens Jensen to design the grounds surrounding their Rouge River estate, called Fair Lane. Jensen created meadows, gardens, orchards, grottoes, wandering paths, and other natural settings for the couple -- and their guests -- to enjoy.
- June 15, 1929
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Rock Garden at Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, 1929
In the early 1910s, Henry and Clara Ford selected 1300 acres of farmland in Dearborn, Michigan, as the site for a new home. The Fords hired landscape architect Jens Jensen to design the grounds surrounding their Rouge River estate, called Fair Lane. Jensen created meadows, gardens, orchards, grottoes, wandering paths, and other natural settings for the couple -- and their guests -- to enjoy.
- Henry Ford, Tex Rickard, and Edsel Ford with a 1928 Ford Model A at the Ford Industrial Exposition, New York City, January 1928 - Henry Ford and Edsel Ford introduced the Model A in December 1927. After 19 years of Model T production, the public was eager for Ford Motor Company's new car. Sports promoter Tex Rickard went to see a Model A -- and to pose for a photo with the Fords -- in New York City.
- January 01, 1928
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Henry Ford, Tex Rickard, and Edsel Ford with a 1928 Ford Model A at the Ford Industrial Exposition, New York City, January 1928
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford introduced the Model A in December 1927. After 19 years of Model T production, the public was eager for Ford Motor Company's new car. Sports promoter Tex Rickard went to see a Model A -- and to pose for a photo with the Fords -- in New York City.
- Poster, "Best of Friends: Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi," 2006 -
- 2006
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Poster, "Best of Friends: Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi," 2006
- Huffman Manufacturing Company Catalog, "Huffy Outdoor Power Equipment for 1965" - With the rise of the suburban neighborhood at the end of the 19th century, and its explosive growth in the years that followed World War II, maintaining a "perfect" lawn became the new standard. Manufacturers promoted a whole set of specialty equipment to support this American obsession.
- 1965
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Huffman Manufacturing Company Catalog, "Huffy Outdoor Power Equipment for 1965"
With the rise of the suburban neighborhood at the end of the 19th century, and its explosive growth in the years that followed World War II, maintaining a "perfect" lawn became the new standard. Manufacturers promoted a whole set of specialty equipment to support this American obsession.
- Roto-Hoe Company Sales Brochure, "Roto-Hoe Model 700 Four Season Lawn and Garden Equipment," 1971 - With the rise of the suburban neighborhood at the end of the 19th century, and its explosive growth in the years that followed World War II, maintaining a "perfect" lawn became the new standard. Manufacturers promoted a whole set of specialty equipment to support this American obsession.
- 1971
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Roto-Hoe Company Sales Brochure, "Roto-Hoe Model 700 Four Season Lawn and Garden Equipment," 1971
With the rise of the suburban neighborhood at the end of the 19th century, and its explosive growth in the years that followed World War II, maintaining a "perfect" lawn became the new standard. Manufacturers promoted a whole set of specialty equipment to support this American obsession.
- Ladder, Used by Luther Burbank, circa 1910 - Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He used traditional gardening tools in his plant research, like this ladder designed for use with fruit trees. With it he could climb into the limbs bearing fruit and clip buds or twigs for grafting.
- circa 1910
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Ladder, Used by Luther Burbank, circa 1910
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He used traditional gardening tools in his plant research, like this ladder designed for use with fruit trees. With it he could climb into the limbs bearing fruit and clip buds or twigs for grafting.
- Editorial Rooms and Old Home of Luther Burbank - Santa Rosa, California, 1915 - Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened this Bureau of Information in 1910 to sell seeds and souvenirs. The Luther Burbank Society, organized in 1910, used Burbank's old home as an editorial office and the Bureau for storage of their multi-volume series on Burbank, published in 1913-1914.
- 1915
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Editorial Rooms and Old Home of Luther Burbank - Santa Rosa, California, 1915
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened this Bureau of Information in 1910 to sell seeds and souvenirs. The Luther Burbank Society, organized in 1910, used Burbank's old home as an editorial office and the Bureau for storage of their multi-volume series on Burbank, published in 1913-1914.
- Woman in Work Costume Officially Approved by the Land Army of America, 1918 - After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Americans worried about labor and food shortages as a result of men going off to fight. Organizations like the Woman's Land Army of America and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association recruited and trained women to perform agricultural work across the country. This woman modeled the Land Army uniform.
- 1918
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Woman in Work Costume Officially Approved by the Land Army of America, 1918
After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Americans worried about labor and food shortages as a result of men going off to fight. Organizations like the Woman's Land Army of America and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association recruited and trained women to perform agricultural work across the country. This woman modeled the Land Army uniform.
- Woman's National Farm and Garden Association at Dedham Square Truck Market, 1918 - After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Americans worried about labor and food shortages as a result of men going off to fight. Organizations like the Woman's Land Army of America and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association recruited and trained women to perform agricultural work across the country. The work occasionally included roadside markets such as this one.
- 1918
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Woman's National Farm and Garden Association at Dedham Square Truck Market, 1918
After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Americans worried about labor and food shortages as a result of men going off to fight. Organizations like the Woman's Land Army of America and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association recruited and trained women to perform agricultural work across the country. The work occasionally included roadside markets such as this one.
- "Opportunity in America to Keep a Good Garden and Help the World Eat Better," circa 1945 -
- circa 1945
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"Opportunity in America to Keep a Good Garden and Help the World Eat Better," circa 1945