President Vargas of Brazil Visits Hospital at Belterra, Brazil, 1940
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Artifact Overview
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas rose to power during a 1930 revolution. A proponent of modernizing the state of Brazil, Vargas looked to develop the Amazon and supported Ford Motor Company's attempts to establish rubber plantations in the region. In 1940, while on a promotional tour through the Amazon, Vargas was invited by Edsel Ford to visit and review Ford's plantation town of Belterra.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1940
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.738
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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