Mathew Mulrooney and Wife Before Moving to Brazil from Iron Mountain, Michigan, 1930

Summary

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

 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 /.

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