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- Women Making Castings at Hayden Mills, Tecumseh, Michigan, September 1944 - In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts, and they employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. At Hayden Mills in Tecumseh, employees cleaned and packed Ford-grown soybeans. During World War II, they built parts for B-24 bomber airplanes.
- September 12, 1944
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Women Making Castings at Hayden Mills, Tecumseh, Michigan, September 1944
In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts, and they employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. At Hayden Mills in Tecumseh, employees cleaned and packed Ford-grown soybeans. During World War II, they built parts for B-24 bomber airplanes.
- Letter to Henry Ford from H.H. Raby, July 9, 1944 -
- July 09, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Letter to Henry Ford from H.H. Raby, July 9, 1944
- Henry Ford Wearing Soybean Suit on His 78th Birthday, July 30, 1941 - In the 1930s, Henry Ford's ambition to combine agriculture with industry resulted in large-scale soybean experimentation. Ford planted thousands of acres to the legume, which chemists used to create useful products including paints and plastics. He even commissioned a suit made with soybean protein fibers, which he modeled for this photograph taken on July 30, 1941 -- Ford's 78th birthday.
- July 30, 1941
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Henry Ford Wearing Soybean Suit on His 78th Birthday, July 30, 1941
In the 1930s, Henry Ford's ambition to combine agriculture with industry resulted in large-scale soybean experimentation. Ford planted thousands of acres to the legume, which chemists used to create useful products including paints and plastics. He even commissioned a suit made with soybean protein fibers, which he modeled for this photograph taken on July 30, 1941 -- Ford's 78th birthday.
- Wood Family Gravesite, Tecumseh, Michigan, June 2021 -
- June 19, 2021
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Wood Family Gravesite, Tecumseh, Michigan, June 2021
- Wood Family Gravesite, Tecumseh, Michigan, June 2021 -
- June 19, 2021
- Collections - Artifact
Wood Family Gravesite, Tecumseh, Michigan, June 2021
- Hayden Mills Hydroelectric Plant, Tecumseh, Michigan, 1936 - In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local residents -- ideally farmers who could maintain their farms when not working at the factory -- and supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts. At Hayden Mills in Tecumseh, Michigan, employees cleaned, packed, and stored soybeans -- a crop used by Ford to make paints and plastics.
- June 03, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Hayden Mills Hydroelectric Plant, Tecumseh, Michigan, 1936
In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local residents -- ideally farmers who could maintain their farms when not working at the factory -- and supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts. At Hayden Mills in Tecumseh, Michigan, employees cleaned, packed, and stored soybeans -- a crop used by Ford to make paints and plastics.
- Hayden Mills Hydroelectric Plant, Tecumseh, Michigan, 1936 - In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local residents -- ideally farmers who could maintain their farms when not working at the factory -- and supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts. At Hayden Mills in Tecumseh, Michigan, employees cleaned, packed, and stored soybeans -- a crop used by Ford to make paints and plastics.
- June 03, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Hayden Mills Hydroelectric Plant, Tecumseh, Michigan, 1936
In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local residents -- ideally farmers who could maintain their farms when not working at the factory -- and supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts. At Hayden Mills in Tecumseh, Michigan, employees cleaned, packed, and stored soybeans -- a crop used by Ford to make paints and plastics.
- The Tecumseh Herald, November 14, 1850 -
- November 14, 1850
- Collections - Artifact
The Tecumseh Herald, November 14, 1850
- Steam Boiler, Used at the Tripp Sawmill, 1851-1880 -
- 1851-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Steam Boiler, Used at the Tripp Sawmill, 1851-1880
- Women Making Castings at Hayden Mills, Tecumseh, Michigan, September 1944 - In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts, and they employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. At Hayden Mills in Tecumseh, employees cleaned and packed Ford-grown soybeans. During World War II, they built parts for B-24 bomber airplanes.
- September 12, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Women Making Castings at Hayden Mills, Tecumseh, Michigan, September 1944
In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts, and they employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. At Hayden Mills in Tecumseh, employees cleaned and packed Ford-grown soybeans. During World War II, they built parts for B-24 bomber airplanes.