M. K. Jessup, Carl La Rue, and James Weir in Brazil on an Expedition for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1923
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In 1923, threatened by a rising English rubber monopoly, President Herbert Hoover ordered an expedition to study the possibility of growing rubber in the Amazon. Members of the trip included photographer Morris K. Jessup, University of Michigan botanist Carl D. LaRue, and plant pathologist James Weir. Henry Ford would later draw on the expedition's findings when planning his rubber plantations in the Amazon.
In 1923, threatened by a rising English rubber monopoly, President Herbert Hoover ordered an expedition to study the possibility of growing rubber in the Amazon. Members of the trip included photographer Morris K. Jessup, University of Michigan botanist Carl D. LaRue, and plant pathologist James Weir. Henry Ford would later draw on the expedition's findings when planning his rubber plantations in the Amazon.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
05 August 1923
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Jessup, M. K. (Morris K.), 1900-1959
La Rue, Carl Downey, 1888-1955
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
80.300.1514.P.24972
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in
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