Miniature Plow Created from Rifle, Presented to Henry Ford, 1917
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Acknowledging Henry Ford's innovative spirit, individuals employing their own original and imaginative efforts bestowed hundreds of handmade gifts upon him. This plaque created by a hardware store owner from Cleveland, Ohio, eloquently sounds a call for peace during the World War I era with the inscription on his plow created from a gun, "Change the Weapon for the Plow."
Acknowledging Henry Ford's innovative spirit, individuals employing their own original and imaginative efforts bestowed hundreds of handmade gifts upon him. This plaque created by a hardware store owner from Cleveland, Ohio, eloquently sounds a call for peace during the World War I era with the inscription on his plow created from a gun, "Change the Weapon for the Plow."
Artifact
Presentation piece
Date Made
1917
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
17.1.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Albert Krehlik.
Material
Alloy steel
Brass (Alloy)
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 7.75 in
Length: 25.5 in
Inscriptions
plaque: Change the Weapons for the Plow Presented to Henry Ford of Detroit Mich. by Albert Krehlik of Cleveland, O. A.D. 1917
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