Telegram from Austin Curtis, Jr. to Henry Ford, January 6, 1943
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford and conservationist George Washington Carver had been close friends beginning in the late 1930s. When Carver died in January 1943, Carver's assistant Austin Curtis, Jr. sent a telegram from Tuskegee, Alabama, where Carver had worked and taught since 1896, to Henry Ford in Dearborn. Ford sent flowers to the funeral and released a statement appreciating Carver's life and achievements.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Telegram
Date Made
06 January 1943
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1.442
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Typewriting
Dimensions
Height: 5.438 in
Width: 8.438 in
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