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- What Does a “Combine” Combine? - Combines save large amounts of time and labor because they combine many activities into a single task. Self-propelled combines culminated 150 years of monumental changes in farming technology.
- June 30, 2023
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What Does a “Combine” Combine?
Combines save large amounts of time and labor because they combine many activities into a single task. Self-propelled combines culminated 150 years of monumental changes in farming technology.
- The Henry Ford’s Tollbooths and the Cost of Good Roads - he Henry Ford has two tollbooths in its collections, which help explain changing attitudes toward roads and road construction and our expanding expectations of government responsibility for transportation networks.
- July 27, 2021
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The Henry Ford’s Tollbooths and the Cost of Good Roads
he Henry Ford has two tollbooths in its collections, which help explain changing attitudes toward roads and road construction and our expanding expectations of government responsibility for transportation networks.
- Innovation Icon: 1938 Massey-Harris Combine Model 20 - Explore the deep significance of the 1938 Massey-Harris Model 20 self-propelled combine, a designated landmark of American agricultural engineering, currently on display in Henry Ford Museum.
- June 30, 2023
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Innovation Icon: 1938 Massey-Harris Combine Model 20
Explore the deep significance of the 1938 Massey-Harris Model 20 self-propelled combine, a designated landmark of American agricultural engineering, currently on display in Henry Ford Museum.
- Moving Modern Mobility - Have you ever wondered how we move the more than 250 cars, trucks, and other motorized vehicles in our collection?
- November 03, 2016
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Moving Modern Mobility
Have you ever wondered how we move the more than 250 cars, trucks, and other motorized vehicles in our collection?
- Firestone Barn, a Pennsylvania Bank Barn - Discover what we can learn from Firestone Barn, part of the Firestone Farm living history complex in Greenfield Village.
- August 25, 2014
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Firestone Barn, a Pennsylvania Bank Barn
Discover what we can learn from Firestone Barn, part of the Firestone Farm living history complex in Greenfield Village.
- Clara Ford’s Roadside Market: A Small Building with Big Aspirations - Clara Ford realized that the mobility afforded by the automobile created new opportunities for farmers to sell produce directly to city folk in roadside markets, which could provide income and independence for farm women.
- September 08, 2014
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Clara Ford’s Roadside Market: A Small Building with Big Aspirations
Clara Ford realized that the mobility afforded by the automobile created new opportunities for farmers to sell produce directly to city folk in roadside markets, which could provide income and independence for farm women.
- Soybeans: Henry Ford’s Miracle Crop - Learn how finding industrial applications for soybeans became one of Henry Ford's big ideas at Ford Motor Company, in Greenfield Village, and showcased in world's fairs.
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- November 17, 2014
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Soybeans: Henry Ford’s Miracle Crop
Learn how finding industrial applications for soybeans became one of Henry Ford's big ideas at Ford Motor Company, in Greenfield Village, and showcased in world's fairs.
- A Horse-Drawn Recycler: The Manure Spreader - One of the best ways to restore soil after growing crops is to spread manure. Manure spreaders, which became effective and affordable by the 1870s, made this dirty job not-so-dirty.
- October 12, 2022
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A Horse-Drawn Recycler: The Manure Spreader
One of the best ways to restore soil after growing crops is to spread manure. Manure spreaders, which became effective and affordable by the 1870s, made this dirty job not-so-dirty.
- Horse Power - "Horsepower" is a term used for engines—but in the pre-industrial age, it actually referred to horses. So how much horsepower comes from a horse? The short answer is that it depends.
- October 04, 2022
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Horse Power
"Horsepower" is a term used for engines—but in the pre-industrial age, it actually referred to horses. So how much horsepower comes from a horse? The short answer is that it depends.
- A Rosa Parks Baseball?: Inspiring Curt Flood's Battle with Major League Baseball - Learn how Curt Flood took on racism and injustice in Major League Baseball, the toll this work had on him, and how he turned his life around—and met a civil rights icon.
- February 03, 2022
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A Rosa Parks Baseball?: Inspiring Curt Flood's Battle with Major League Baseball
Learn how Curt Flood took on racism and injustice in Major League Baseball, the toll this work had on him, and how he turned his life around—and met a civil rights icon.