Mathew Mulrooney and Wife Before Moving to Brazil from Iron Mountain, Michigan, 1930
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Mathew Mulrooney was a sawyer at Henry Ford's northern Michigan lumber operations. In 1930, Victor Perini, manager of Ford's Iron Mountain sawmill and recently tapped to oversee Ford's rubber plantation in Brazil, encouraged Mulrooney to come with him to Fordlandia. Mulrooney agreed. Upon arrival, Mulrooney established a working sawmill to produce usable lumber from the cleared forest.
Mathew Mulrooney was a sawyer at Henry Ford's northern Michigan lumber operations. In 1930, Victor Perini, manager of Ford's Iron Mountain sawmill and recently tapped to oversee Ford's rubber plantation in Brazil, encouraged Mulrooney to come with him to Fordlandia. Mulrooney agreed. Upon arrival, Mulrooney established a working sawmill to produce usable lumber from the cleared forest.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
19 February 1930
Subject Date
19 February 1930
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.74.7
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: 2.5 in (entire page: 11")
Width: 2.5 in (entire page: 8.5")
Inscriptions
Typed under image on album page: Mathew Mulrooney & Wife / Iron Mountain, Michigan / Age 49- Married (1 child- age 24- not going) / Mill Sawyer /.