Spanish Speaking Unity Council (Christopher Springmann)

Spanish Speaking Unity Council, The Ford Foundation, vintage silver print glossy 8 x 10 fiber photograph. Credited to Christopher Springmann.

The Ford Foundation is a New York headquartered, globally oriented private foundation with the mission of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 gift from Edsel Ford. By 1947, after the death of the two founders, the foundation owned 90 percent of the non-voting shares of the Ford Motor Company.

Christopher Springmann, photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle, Time, Fortune, National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines.

Printed in the second half of the 20th century as part of the American Heritage Publishing Archive.

Verso bears original filing notations and credit stampings. In very good condition.

Provenance: From the American Heritage Publishing Archives.