Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph |
Catalog Number |
2016.1.149 |
Year Range from |
1940 |
Description |
B/W image scanned from a negative of the interior of an Oliver Farm Equipment Company factory building in South Bend, Indiana. This photograph is showing a heat-treating oven used for the production of Oliver Raydex disposible plowshares. In 1940, the Oliver company invented a plow point (plowshare) that could be used and when worn down, it could be detached from the rest of the plow, thrown away, and a new. cheap replacement plow point (plowshare) could be quickly attached. This was what the Oliver company termed the "Raydex" plowshare. 1940 ca. |
Collection |
Oliver Company Photograph Collection |
Credit line |
The History Museum Collection |
Search Terms |
Oliver Chilled Plow Works OLIVER Chilled Plow Works Oliver Chilled Plow Co. O.C.P. Works Oliver's Chilled Plow Works Oliver Chilled Plough Works O.C.P.W. Oliver Plow Works Oliver Farm Machinery Oliver Farm Equipment Corporation OLIVER Farm Equipment Corporation Oliver Farm Equipment Corp. Oliver Agricultural Equipment Corporation Oliver Farming Equipment Corp. Oliver Farm Machinery Corporation Oliver Agriculture Equipment Corp. Oliver Tractors & Equipment Corporation Oliver Implements Corporation South Chapin St. S. Chapin Street South Chapin St. S. Chapin St. South Chapin Street S Chapin St. South Bend, Indiana South Bend, IN South Bend, IN, USA Saint Joseph County, Indiana St. Joseph County, Indiana St Joseph County, Indiana St. Joseph Co., Indiana St Joseph Co., Indiana St. Joseph County, IN St Joseph County, IN |
Subjects |
Agricultural industries Agricultural machinery & implements Agricultural productivity Agriculture Farming Farms Plowing Plows Heat |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |