Clara Ford with a Model of the Roadside Market She Designed, circa 1930
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Clara Ford tried to help rural farm women during her presidency of the National Woman's Farm & Garden Association. She developed a design for a neat but inexpensive roadside market building that could show off fresh farm produce. She promoted her idea at garden shows around the country, including this one at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.
Clara Ford tried to help rural farm women during her presidency of the National Woman's Farm & Garden Association. She developed a design for a neat but inexpensive roadside market building that could show off fresh farm produce. She promoted her idea at garden shows around the country, including this one at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.
Artifact
Digital print
Subject Date
circa 1930
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.7145
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Inkjet printing
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11 in
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