Clara Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford at George Washington Carver School Dedication, 1940

THF213784 / Clara Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford at George Washington Carver School Dedication, 1940
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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford honored his friend George Washington Carver by naming a school on his property in Georgia after Carver. In this photograph, Clara Bryant Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford are standing in front of the George Washington Carver School at the school's 1940 dedication, in what used to be called Ways, now known as Richmond Hill, Georgia.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

13 March 1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1334.156

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: 3.5 in
Width: 4.75 in

Inscriptions

Faded ink stamp on lower back right corner: 17
Clara Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford at George Washington Carver School Dedication, 1940