Soybean Experimental Laboratory in Greenfield Village, circa 1940
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Henry Ford believed that industry and agriculture should complement one another. In the 1930s, he pursued soybeans as a crop that might unite the two. Ford built a soybean laboratory in Greenfield Village. Experiments there led to the use of some soy-based oils and plastics in Ford Motor Company vehicles.
Henry Ford believed that industry and agriculture should complement one another. In the 1930s, he pursued soybeans as a crop that might unite the two. Ford built a soybean laboratory in Greenfield Village. Experiments there led to the use of some soy-based oils and plastics in Ford Motor Company vehicles.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1940
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.0.6.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in pencil on back of image: Soybean / Chemical Research Laboratory
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