Frank Campsall, Austin Curtis, Henry Ford, and George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute, March 1938
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford visited his friend George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in the spring of 1938. As part of his agricultural teaching and research at Tuskegee, Carver had developed a small museum and many portable agricultural exhibits which traveled to expositions and fairs. In this photo Carver is showing sweet potato exhibits to Ford, Carver's assistant Austin Curtis Jr, and Ford's assistant Frank Campsall.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
March 1938
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.167
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: 3.75 in
Width: 5.25 in
Inscriptions
Number 8 circled on back in ink.
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