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- Correspondence between Benjamin Akines and Henry Ford regarding a George Washington Carver Sculpture, June 1941 -
- 12 June 1941-24 June 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Correspondence between Benjamin Akines and Henry Ford regarding a George Washington Carver Sculpture, June 1941
- Bust of George Washington Carver, circa 1941 - Benjamin Akines, an African-American bricklayer and amateur artist from Mississippi, created this bust of noted agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. He sculpted Carver's image based only on a photograph. Akines, a church elder, credited his modeling skill to divine inspiration. Knowing that Henry Ford held Carver in high esteem, Akines presented this work to him in 1941.
- circa 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Bust of George Washington Carver, circa 1941
Benjamin Akines, an African-American bricklayer and amateur artist from Mississippi, created this bust of noted agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. He sculpted Carver's image based only on a photograph. Akines, a church elder, credited his modeling skill to divine inspiration. Knowing that Henry Ford held Carver in high esteem, Akines presented this work to him in 1941.