Russian Women Operating a Fordson Tractor, Rostow, 1926
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In 1926, Ford Motor Company sent a team of experts to Russia, at the request of the Soviet government, to advise on the continued maintenance of some 25,000 Fordson tractors imported there since 1920. The Ford team spent four months touring the country, training Soviet technicians and evaluating possibilities for Ford factories in Russia.
In 1926, Ford Motor Company sent a team of experts to Russia, at the request of the Soviet government, to advise on the continued maintenance of some 25,000 Fordson tractors imported there since 1920. The Ford team spent four months touring the country, training Soviet technicians and evaluating possibilities for Ford factories in Russia.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1926
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.550.1.1
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: 2.375 in (Scrapbook is larger: 6.5x9.5x.75)
Width: 3.375 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten into image in upper right hand corner: 7
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