Object Details
- John Deere
- Description
- John Deere failed as a blacksmith in Vermont but succeeded as an agricultural tool manufacturer in Illinois. His company built revolutionary plows like this early 1838 example. The steel blades of Deere plows slid more easily through sticky prairie soil and made farmers more efficient. John and his son Charles expanded the company through clever marketing and financial acumen making Deere & Company the largest plow manufacturer in the world. The company continue to expand making everything from tractors to combines, from mechanical cotton harvesters to riding lawnmowers.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Deere and Company, 1938
- 1838
- ID Number
- AG.38A04
- catalog number
- 38A04
- F001111
- accession number
- 148904
- Object Name
- plow
- Physical Description
- wood (part: material)
- iron (part: material)
- steel (part: material)
- Measurements
- overall: 380 mm x 460 mm x 1230 mm; 14 15/16 in x 18 1/8 in x 48 7/16 in
- Place Made
- United States: Illinois, Grand Detour
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History exhibition website
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- National Treasures exhibit
- Agriculture
- Artifact Walls exhibit
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_857013
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d0b6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
