Brazilian President Getulio Vargas Speaking in the Club House, Belterra, Brazil, 1940
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Brazilian President Getulio Vargas rose to power during a 1930 revolution. A proponent of modernizing the state of Brazil, Vargas looked to develop the Amazon and supported Ford Motor Company's attempts to establish rubber plantations in the region. In 1940, while on a promotional tour through the Amazon, Vargas was invited by Edsel Ford to visit and review Ford's plantation town of Belterra.
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas rose to power during a 1930 revolution. A proponent of modernizing the state of Brazil, Vargas looked to develop the Amazon and supported Ford Motor Company's attempts to establish rubber plantations in the region. In 1940, while on a promotional tour through the Amazon, Vargas was invited by Edsel Ford to visit and review Ford's plantation town of Belterra.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1940
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.74737.18
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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