Austin W. Curtis Visiting the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 17, 1982

THF287706 / Austin W. Curtis Visiting the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 17, 1982

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

17 August 1982

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

EI.235.P.B.91698.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Open-air museums Log cabins (Houses) Curtis, Austin W. (Austin Wingate), 1911-2004 Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 George Washington Carver Cabin Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

Artifact
George Washington Carver Cabin
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.