Austin Curtis, George Washington Carver, Henry Ford, Wilbur Donaldson and Frank Campsall Inspect Peanut Oil, Tuskegee Institute, March 1938
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In 1938, Henry Ford visited his friend George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where Carver had lived and conducted his agricultural research and education since 1896. Carver advocated for peanuts as healthful for humans and good for depleted soils. In this photo Austin Curtis, Carver's assistant; Carver; Ford; and two of Ford's employees, Wilbur Donaldson and Frank Campsall, consider bottles of peanut oil.
In 1938, Henry Ford visited his friend George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where Carver had lived and conducted his agricultural research and education since 1896. Carver advocated for peanuts as healthful for humans and good for depleted soils. In this photo Austin Curtis, Carver's assistant; Carver; Ford; and two of Ford's employees, Wilbur Donaldson and Frank Campsall, consider bottles of peanut oil.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
March 1938
Keywords
United States, Alabama, Tuskegee
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
Curtis, Austin W. (Austin Wingate), 1911-2004
Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.4965
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: 10 in
Width: 8 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back of image: This picture was taken at / the time of Mr. Ford's first / visit to Tuskegee Institute. / From Left to right on the / picture are: Austin W. Curtis, Jr; / Dr. George W. Carver; Henry / Ford; unidentified member of / Ford party; and Frank Campsall / Will (Wilbur) Donaldson
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