Steamer "Lake Ormoc" Being Towed by the Tugboat Santarem, Fordlandia, Brazil, 1930
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Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
01 April 1930
Subject Date
01 April 1930
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Photographed by Einar Oxholm at Fordlandia, Brazil.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2002.1.1830.1.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3 in
Width: 4.25 in
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