Henry Ford Inscribing Cement Block at Dedication of George Washington Carver Museum, March 1941

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Artifact Overview

Henry and Clara Ford helped formally dedicate the George Washington Carver Museum at Tuskegee, Alabama, in March 1941. Dr. Carver watched as the Fords signed their names into a cement block. Bottles of soybeans and plant-based plastic automobile parts inserted in the block signified the lifetime of agricultural discoveries by the scientist and their innovative applications by the industrialist.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

March 1941

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.4966

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

Henry Ford Inscribing Cement Block at Dedication of George Washington Carver Museum, March 1941