Edsel Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford in Greenfield Village, July 1942

THF253989 / Edsel Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford in Greenfield Village, July 1942
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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford, his son Edsel Ford, and agricultural scientist George Washington Carver stand in front of the Carver Memorial Cabin in Greenfield Village. Carver came to Dearborn in July 1942 for the dedication of this cabin, which Henry Ford built to honor his friend. The cabin is based on Carver's own sketches of the slave cabin in Missouri in which he was born.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

21 July 1942

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2867

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.750 in
Width: 4.750 in

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    Henry Ford built this cabin in 1942 to honor his friend, agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. The cabin was based on Carver's recollections of the slave cabin in Missouri in which he was born in 1864. Carver spent his career at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, advocating for new crops, such as peanuts, that would enrich both Southern farmers and Southern soils.