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- Advertisement for Ford-Ferguson Tractors, 1944 - Henry Ford rarely missed an opportunity to promote his idea of farmers growing crops for industry. In this ad for a tractor, much of the copy talks about producing crops for industry. The case for the tractor is made obliquely through references to lowering the cost of production, but it is never actually mentioned in the text.
- November 01, 1944
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Advertisement for Ford-Ferguson Tractors, 1944
Henry Ford rarely missed an opportunity to promote his idea of farmers growing crops for industry. In this ad for a tractor, much of the copy talks about producing crops for industry. The case for the tractor is made obliquely through references to lowering the cost of production, but it is never actually mentioned in the text.
- Ford-Ferguson Tractor at Haven Hill, Oakland County, Michigan, 1939 -
- June 14, 1939
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Ford-Ferguson Tractor at Haven Hill, Oakland County, Michigan, 1939
- Woman Starting a Tractor at Henry Ford Institute of Agricultural Engineering, England, 1939 -
- November 10, 1939
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Woman Starting a Tractor at Henry Ford Institute of Agricultural Engineering, England, 1939
- Man Using a 1939-1946 John Deere Model "B" Series Tractor - Deere & Company released the streamlined Model B, styled by industrial designer, Henry Dreyfuss, in late 1938. Farmers used the four-gear forward tractor to pull a two-bottom plow, cultivate corn or soybeans, power a mounted corn picker, or run a corn sheller off the belt-drive. The rounded hood and grill and more expensive rubber-tire option meant the tractor looked as good as it performed.
- 1939-1946
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Man Using a 1939-1946 John Deere Model "B" Series Tractor
Deere & Company released the streamlined Model B, styled by industrial designer, Henry Dreyfuss, in late 1938. Farmers used the four-gear forward tractor to pull a two-bottom plow, cultivate corn or soybeans, power a mounted corn picker, or run a corn sheller off the belt-drive. The rounded hood and grill and more expensive rubber-tire option meant the tractor looked as good as it performed.
- Henry Ford Driving a Ferguson-Brown Tractor, with Harry Ferguson, 1939 -
- February 10, 1948
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Henry Ford Driving a Ferguson-Brown Tractor, with Harry Ferguson, 1939
- First Fordson Tractor Built at the Ford Motor Company St. Louis Assembly Plant, September 2, 1920 -
- February 09, 1920
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First Fordson Tractor Built at the Ford Motor Company St. Louis Assembly Plant, September 2, 1920
- Aerial View of the Fordson Tractor Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1918 -
- October 22, 1918
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Aerial View of the Fordson Tractor Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1918
- Experimental Ford Tractor on a Road, 1906-1907 -
- 1906-1907
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Experimental Ford Tractor on a Road, 1906-1907
- Family with Ford Tractor, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940 - The 1940 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Newspapers held contests nationwide to select 48 "typical American families." Each was awarded a week's stay in a futuristic model home at the fair. Ford Motor Company sponsored the promotion, covering each family's travel expenses and hosting a special visit to the Ford Exposition.
- May 28, 1940
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Family with Ford Tractor, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1940
The 1940 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Newspapers held contests nationwide to select 48 "typical American families." Each was awarded a week's stay in a futuristic model home at the fair. Ford Motor Company sponsored the promotion, covering each family's travel expenses and hosting a special visit to the Ford Exposition.
- Drawing, "Adaptor - Oil Filter Tube," Ford 9N Tractor, April 26, 1944 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- April 26, 1944
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Drawing, "Adaptor - Oil Filter Tube," Ford 9N Tractor, April 26, 1944
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.