"Hy-Ben-Jo-Bill" Miniature Threshing Machine Used by Ford Family, 1920-1924

Artifact

Threshing machine

Date Made

1920-1924

Creators

Ford Motor Company 

Simpson, Howard Woodworth, 1892-1963 

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

Creator Notes

Designed by Howard Simpson and made by Ford Motor Company for Henry Ford.

Keywords

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

United States, Michigan, Detroit 

Threshing machines 

Agriculture 

Agricultural exhibitions 

Children 

Play (Recreation) 

Hy-Ben-Jo-Bill (Agricultural equipment) 

Ford family 

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 

Ford, William Clay, 1925-2014 

Ford, Benson, 1919-1978 

Ford, Josephine Clay, 1923-2005 

Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 

Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) 

Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village 

Michigan State Fair 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

00.2.29.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Cloth
Rubber (Material)
Leather

Color

Red
Gold (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 53.5 in  (without feeder)

Width: 37 in  (without feeder)

Length: 157 in  (without feeder)

Height: 8 in  (feeder)

Width: 20 in  (feeder)

Length: 118 in  (feeder)

Inscriptions

on side and on top: HY-BEN-JO-BILL