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Men Dusting Nursery Plants Growing at Belterra, Brazil, circa 1935

1933/1937

The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States

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 he disposed of the project in 1945.

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  • Title: Men Dusting Nursery Plants Growing at Belterra, Brazil, circa 1935
  • Date Created: 1933/1937
  • Location: Brazil, Para, Belterra
  • Subject Keywords: Companhia Ford Industrial Do Brasil, Ford Motor Company, Rubber industry and trade, Rubber trees, Ford trucks, Pest control, Photographic prints, Photographs
  • Type: Photographs
  • Contributor: The Henry Ford
  • Original Source: Digital Collections
  • Object Name: Photographic print
  • Object ID: P.1514.293
  • Image ID: THF125632
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