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Robert Boyer and Henry Ford Unveiling the Soybean Car, 1941
Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department1941-08-13
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Robert Boyer, a chemist, oversaw a series of experiments at Greenfield Village's Soybean Laboratory. The undertaking resulted in this plastic-bodied car. Henry Ford had a strong interest in plastic automobile parts. Always partial to projects combining industry with agriculture, Ford hoped plastic made from soybeans might be developed into a safe, strong substitute for traditional metals.
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- Title: Robert Boyer and Henry Ford Unveiling the Soybean Car, 1941
- Creator: Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department
- Date: 1941-08-13
- Location: United States, Michigan, Dearborn
- Subject Keywords: Boyer, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1909-1989, Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, Ford Motor Company, Soybean car (Ford Motor Company : 1941), Automobiles, Soybean products, Firsts, Cars, Soybean plastic, Photographic prints, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: 64.167.189.P.16351
- Inventor: Robert Boyer, Henry Ford
- Invention: Automobile
- Image ID: THF131494
- Field: Transportation
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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