George Washington Carver at Dedication of George Washington Carver Cabin, Greenfield Village, 1942
THF213753 / George Washington Carver at Dedication of George Washington Carver Cabin, Greenfield Village, 1942
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Artifact Overview
In this photo, scientist George Washington Carver adjusts his ever-present boutonniere in the Carver Memorial Cabin in Greenfield Village. Carver came to Dearborn in July 1942 for the dedication of this cabin, which Henry Ford built to honor his friend. The cabin is based on Carver's own sketches of the slave cabin in Missouri in which he was born.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
29 July 1942
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.70517
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: 10 in
Width: 8 in
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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.