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- Belterra: A Midwest Suburban School System in the Amazon Jungle - Education played an integral role in ensuring economic and social success during the short-lived existence of Belterra, one of Henry Ford's Brazilian plantations designed to mass produce rubber for Ford Motor Company cars.
- September 04, 2015
- Collections - Article
Belterra: A Midwest Suburban School System in the Amazon Jungle
Education played an integral role in ensuring economic and social success during the short-lived existence of Belterra, one of Henry Ford's Brazilian plantations designed to mass produce rubber for Ford Motor Company cars.
- Dearborn in the Jungle: Why Belterra Flourished Where Fordlandia Failed -
- September 03, 2015
- Collections - Article
Dearborn in the Jungle: Why Belterra Flourished Where Fordlandia Failed
- Ford Rubber Plantations in Brazil - Ford Motor Company’s efforts to secure a regular source of rubber resulted in the establishment of plantations in Brazil.
- January 01, 2016
- Collections - Article
Ford Rubber Plantations in Brazil
Ford Motor Company’s efforts to secure a regular source of rubber resulted in the establishment of plantations in Brazil.
- Just Added to Our Digital Collections: Plant Samples - We've just digitized plant samples from Henry Ford's rubber plantations in Brazil.
- August 19, 2015
- Collections - Article
Just Added to Our Digital Collections: Plant Samples
We've just digitized plant samples from Henry Ford's rubber plantations in Brazil.
- Ford Radio and Fordlandia - Learn the various ways Henry Ford used radio technology in the early years of Ford Motor Company--including as a way to communicate with Fordlandia, Ford's rubber plantation in Brazil.
- September 13, 2017
- Collections - Article
Ford Radio and Fordlandia
Learn the various ways Henry Ford used radio technology in the early years of Ford Motor Company--including as a way to communicate with Fordlandia, Ford's rubber plantation in Brazil.
- Wash Room inside Benson Ford School, Belterra, Brazil, circa 1942 - Along with Fordlandia, Belterra was established by Henry Ford in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. Modeled after small-town America, Belterra had a grid-like street system lined with American-style homes. The city was also equipped with recreational facilities, a hospital, a dentist's office, and a school that provided its students with pencils, books and uniforms.
- circa 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Wash Room inside Benson Ford School, Belterra, Brazil, circa 1942
Along with Fordlandia, Belterra was established by Henry Ford in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. Modeled after small-town America, Belterra had a grid-like street system lined with American-style homes. The city was also equipped with recreational facilities, a hospital, a dentist's office, and a school that provided its students with pencils, books and uniforms.
- Mrs. Braga, Principal, with Others at School Dedication Ceremony, Belterra, Brazil, July 4, 1942 - Along with Fordlandia, Belterra was established by Henry Ford in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. Modeled after small-town America, Belterra had a grid-like street system lined with American-style homes. The city was also equipped with recreational facilities, a hospital, a dentist's office, and a school that provided its students with pencils, books and uniforms.
- July 04, 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Mrs. Braga, Principal, with Others at School Dedication Ceremony, Belterra, Brazil, July 4, 1942
Along with Fordlandia, Belterra was established by Henry Ford in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. Modeled after small-town America, Belterra had a grid-like street system lined with American-style homes. The city was also equipped with recreational facilities, a hospital, a dentist's office, and a school that provided its students with pencils, books and uniforms.
- Classroom in Belterra School, Belterra, Brazil, circa 1942 - Along with Fordlandia, Belterra was established by Henry Ford in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. Modeled after small-town America, Belterra had a grid-like street system lined with American-style homes. The city was also equipped with recreational facilities, a hospital, a dentist's office, and a school that provided its students with pencils, books and uniforms.
- circa 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Classroom in Belterra School, Belterra, Brazil, circa 1942
Along with Fordlandia, Belterra was established by Henry Ford in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. Modeled after small-town America, Belterra had a grid-like street system lined with American-style homes. The city was also equipped with recreational facilities, a hospital, a dentist's office, and a school that provided its students with pencils, books and uniforms.
- Map Showing Routes of Communication between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- circa 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Map Showing Routes of Communication between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- Legend for Map Showing Routes of Communication Between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- circa 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Legend for Map Showing Routes of Communication Between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.