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- George Washington Carver Holding Fabric Made from Soybean Fiber, Soybean Lab, Greenfield Village, 1939 - A mutual interest in industrial products made from plants brought Henry Ford and the scientist George Washington Carver together as colleagues and friends. Ford developed plastics and fibers from soybeans. Here, on a 1939 visit to Dearborn, George Washington Carver is seated in the Soybean Laboratory in Greenfield Village, holding a piece of fabric made of soybean fiber.
- 1939
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George Washington Carver Holding Fabric Made from Soybean Fiber, Soybean Lab, Greenfield Village, 1939
A mutual interest in industrial products made from plants brought Henry Ford and the scientist George Washington Carver together as colleagues and friends. Ford developed plastics and fibers from soybeans. Here, on a 1939 visit to Dearborn, George Washington Carver is seated in the Soybean Laboratory in Greenfield Village, holding a piece of fabric made of soybean fiber.
- How the Farmer Can Save His Sweet Potatoes and Ways of Preparing It for the Table, January 1925 (2nd ed.) -
- January 01, 1925
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How the Farmer Can Save His Sweet Potatoes and Ways of Preparing It for the Table, January 1925 (2nd ed.)
- A New and Prolific Variety of Cotton, Bulletin No. 26, 1915 -
- 1915
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A New and Prolific Variety of Cotton, Bulletin No. 26, 1915
- Burial Service of George Washington Carver, Tuskegee Institute, 1943 - George Washington Carver's funeral services were held at the chapel of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, where the celebrated agricultural scientist had taught since 1896. Carver's death in 1943 provoked an outpouring of tributes to his remarkable life and work.
- January 08, 1943
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Burial Service of George Washington Carver, Tuskegee Institute, 1943
George Washington Carver's funeral services were held at the chapel of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, where the celebrated agricultural scientist had taught since 1896. Carver's death in 1943 provoked an outpouring of tributes to his remarkable life and work.
- George Washington Carver and Henry Ford at the Carver Nutrition Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, 1942 - George Washington Carver and Henry Ford shared not only an interest in using agricultural products in industry ("chemurgy"), but also some quirky ideas about diet. Here, Carver and Ford share a sandwich of "weed spread," made with wild bergamot, narrow-leafed plantain, purslane, pigweed, milkweed, dandelion, lamb's quarters and wild radish. They shared this meal at Ford Motor Company's George Washington Carver Nutrition Laboratory during Carver's 1942 Dearborn visit.
- July 21, 1942
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George Washington Carver and Henry Ford at the Carver Nutrition Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, 1942
George Washington Carver and Henry Ford shared not only an interest in using agricultural products in industry ("chemurgy"), but also some quirky ideas about diet. Here, Carver and Ford share a sandwich of "weed spread," made with wild bergamot, narrow-leafed plantain, purslane, pigweed, milkweed, dandelion, lamb's quarters and wild radish. They shared this meal at Ford Motor Company's George Washington Carver Nutrition Laboratory during Carver's 1942 Dearborn visit.
- Letterpress Print, "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of Freedom. George Washington Carver" -
- 2018
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Letterpress Print, "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of Freedom. George Washington Carver"
- Letterpress Print, "When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way... George Washington Carver." -
- 2018
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Letterpress Print, "When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way... George Washington Carver."
- View of George Washington Carver Taken for Use as Reference for Irving Bacon's Painting of Carver, August 1942 - Henry Ford commissioned his personal artist, Irving Bacon, to paint a portrait of Ford's friend, the agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. Carver sat for the painting during his visit to Dearborn in 1942. This photograph, used as a reference for Bacon to complete the portrait, shows Carver outside the Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village.
- August 01, 1942
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View of George Washington Carver Taken for Use as Reference for Irving Bacon's Painting of Carver, August 1942
Henry Ford commissioned his personal artist, Irving Bacon, to paint a portrait of Ford's friend, the agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. Carver sat for the painting during his visit to Dearborn in 1942. This photograph, used as a reference for Bacon to complete the portrait, shows Carver outside the Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village.
- George Washington Carver Lying in Repose, Tuskegee Institute Chapel, 1943 - George Washington Carver's funeral services were held at the chapel of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, where the celebrated agricultural scientist had taught since 1896. Carver's death in 1943 provoked an outpouring of tributes to his remarkable life and work.
- January 08, 1943
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George Washington Carver Lying in Repose, Tuskegee Institute Chapel, 1943
George Washington Carver's funeral services were held at the chapel of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, where the celebrated agricultural scientist had taught since 1896. Carver's death in 1943 provoked an outpouring of tributes to his remarkable life and work.
- How to Make and Save Money on the Farm, Bulletin No. 39, 1927 -
- 1927
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How to Make and Save Money on the Farm, Bulletin No. 39, 1927