"Hy-Ben-Jo-Bill" Miniature Portable Steam Engine Used by Ford Family, 1920-1924

Artifact

Steam engine (Engine)

Date Made

1920-1924

Creators

Ford Motor Company 

Simpson, Howard Woodworth, 1892-1963 

Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

United States, Massachusetts, Boston 

Creator Notes

Steam engine designed by Howard Simpson and made by Ford Motor Company. Steam gauge manufacturered by Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company of Boston, Massachusetts.

Keywords

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

United States, Michigan, Detroit 

Steam engines (Engines) 

Portable engines 

Agriculture 

Agricultural exhibitions 

Children 

Play (Recreation) 

Hy-Ben-Jo-Bill (Agricultural equipment) 

Ford family 

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 

Ford, William Clay, 1925-2014 

Ford, Benson, 1919-1978 

Ford, Josephine Clay, 1923-2005 

Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 

Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) 

Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village 

Michigan State Fair 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

00.2.29.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Rubber (Material)

Color

Gray (Color)
Red
Gold (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 61 in

Width: 36.5 in

Length: 87 in

Inscriptions

on medallion on front: HY / BEN / JO / BILL