Austin W. Curtis, George Washington Carver, William Simonds and Francis Jehl at Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, 1937
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Artifact Overview
Agricultural scientist George Washington Carver made his first visit to Dearborn in 1937, to meet Henry Ford and speak at a conference. He also toured Greenfield Village. In this photo, Carver's assistant Austin Curtis, Jr., Carver, and Ford public relations officer William Simonds watch as Edison associate Francis Jehl presents the reconstructed spaces of Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1937
Creators
Creator Notes
Reminiscence of Edward L. Bryant (1898-1984) typewritten on back of photograph.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.B.28705
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Typed on back:
B28705 / Photograph taken in the Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield / Village, Dearborn, Michigan. Present are Dr. George / Washington Carver with a young friend of his. [Austin W. Curtis, Jr.] The man with the skull / cap is Mr. Francis Jehl, who worked with Thomas A. Edison / at the time that the electric light was invented in the / Edison Laboratories. Mr. William A. Simonds, biographer / of Henry Ford and at one time curator of the Henry Ford / Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. / ELB
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