Cover Page of "The Dearborn Independent, Ford Confidence Edition, Industrial Section," 1938
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In 1938, the Dearborn Independent published a special section highlighting Ford Motor Company's successes during the Great Depression. The cover image represented a longtime interest of Henry Ford's: the mutual relationship between industry and agriculture. Henry Ford had owned the Dearborn Independent from 1919 to 1927, and he had used it to publish notoriously anti-Semitic editorials and articles.
In 1938, the Dearborn Independent published a special section highlighting Ford Motor Company's successes during the Great Depression. The cover image represented a longtime interest of Henry Ford's: the mutual relationship between industry and agriculture. Henry Ford had owned the Dearborn Independent from 1919 to 1927, and he had used it to publish notoriously anti-Semitic editorials and articles.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1938
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.D.1265
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
Inscriptions
Across top of image: FORD CONFIDENCE EDITION The Dearborn Independent INDUSTRIAL SECTION Below : "With One Foot On the Land and One Foot In Industry / America IS SAFE" . . . . / HENRY FORD
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