Fordson Tractor
date: label: date made
content: 1918 - 1920
label: date made
content: 1918 - 1920
notes: label: Description
content: Fordson tractors were in production in the US between 1917 and 1928. As gas-powered tractors dropped in price, farmers moved away from horse-drawn equipment. Seventy-five percent of tractors purchased in 1923 were Fordsons. This tractor is powered by a 4 cylinder, 3 speed, 20 HP engine. It measures 42" across the rear wheels and 28" across the front wheels. It has front steel wheels with lugs on the rear. The original owner added an Allison hoist to the front of the tractor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (crank)
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Agriculture
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise (tractor)
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Frank J. Coron
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.66A09
label: catalog number
content: 66A09
label: accession number
content: 268896
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tractor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 59 in x 64 in x 130 in; 149.86 cm x 162.56 cm x 330.2 cm
label: Measurements
content: horizontal distance between axles: 64 1/2 in; x 163.83 cm
label: Measurements
content: width of front from hubcap to hubcap: 58 in; x 147.32 cm