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
Collection Title
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
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