Sheep Waiting for a Ferry on the Columbia River in Oregon, 1923-1924

Summary

Beginning in 1920, the Henry Ford-owned weekly newspaper The Dearborn Independent ran a series of front-page articles that denounced all things Jewish. Though the series ended in 1922, the weekly continued anti-Jewish diatribes in other articles, most notably those attacking Aaron Sapiro, a farm cooperative organizer. This photograph, though it appears harmless, was part of that campaign.

Beginning in 1920, the Henry Ford-owned weekly newspaper The Dearborn Independent ran a series of front-page articles that denounced all things Jewish. Though the series ended in 1922, the weekly continued anti-Jewish diatribes in other articles, most notably those attacking Aaron Sapiro, a farm cooperative organizer. This photograph, though it appears harmless, was part of that campaign.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1923-1924

Creators

Gifford, Ralph I., 1894-1947 

Creator Notes

Photo Copyright by R.I. Gifford. Published in the Dearborn Independent August 9, 1924.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.98.606

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford R. Bryan.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in

Width: 7.125 in

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