FORD TRACTOR – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of FORD TRACTOR. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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FORD TRACTOR
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The subject is a Ford tractor, probably one of the Fordson machines that Henry Ford's company began building in 1917, the year this glass negative is dated. The Fordson was designed to be cheap and simple to run, and it appeared as the United States pushed to increase food production during the First World War. Harris & Ewing was a Washington, D.C., studio known for news and portrait work, so the photographer may have been recording a demonstration or a farm scene. The title comes from caption data that has not been verified, so the exact location and setting remain uncertain.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. note: Batch two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection |
| Original scan | 5,188 × 3,846 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 08609u ford tractor |
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