Harvesting Knife Used during Ford Motor Company's Brazilian Rubber Plantations Venture, 1928-1945
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Artifact Overview
From 1928 to 1945 Henry Ford tried, unsuccessfully, to establish productive rubber plantations on Brazil's Tapajos River. Rubber was an important component in Ford's automobiles, and he wanted a source that he controlled. W.L. Reeves Blakely, one of Ford's agents, selected the site for the Fordlandia plantation and used this harvesting knife during his explorations.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Harvesting knife
Date Made
1928-1945
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.534.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Iron alloy
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 1 in
Width: 1.75 in
Length: 8 undefined
Inscriptions
engraved, blade:
HAPM
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