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- "A Dependable Supply of Distinctive Brazilian Hardwoods," circa 1933 - 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, but the trees used to produce that rubber took time to mature. To minimize financial losses in the meantime, Ford exported and sold the Brazilian hardwood cleared to make room for the rubber trees.
- circa 1933
- Collections - Artifact
"A Dependable Supply of Distinctive Brazilian Hardwoods," circa 1933
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, but the trees used to produce that rubber took time to mature. To minimize financial losses in the meantime, Ford exported and sold the Brazilian hardwood cleared to make room for the rubber trees.