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Nehru visits tractor plant / Acme. – Historic Print

Nehru visits tractor plant / Acme., 1949 Oct. 27. — historic photograph
Nehru visits tractor plant / Acme., 1949 Oct. 27.. Historic photograph from the Barns & Farms collection.

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Nehru, then India's prime minister, is shown touring a tractor plant in Chicago, a stop on his first trip to the United States in the fall of 1949. The record credits the plant only as "Acme," so the company's identity is not confirmed here. The visit fit his broader goal of bringing American industrial know-how and farm machinery to a newly independent India that was trying to modernize its agriculture. Images like this one capture a moment when Indian and American leaders were looking for practical ways to work together.

Created / published1949 Oct. 27.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesNo. CHI-6782.
SubjectsNehru, Jawaharlal,--1889-1964--Journeys. Tractors--Illinois--Chicago--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,278 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183020

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