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- George Washington Carver at the Dedication of Carver Nutrition Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, 1942 - In 1942, Henry Ford showed his admiration for his friend and colleague George Washington Carver by naming a Ford Motor Company nutrition laboratory after him. This was appropriate: Carver had dedicated his career to experimental agriculture and to improving farmer nutrition and health as well as crop yields. Though frail, Carver traveled to Dearborn for the dedication. Edsel Ford was also present.
- July 21, 1942
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George Washington Carver at the Dedication of Carver Nutrition Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, 1942
In 1942, Henry Ford showed his admiration for his friend and colleague George Washington Carver by naming a Ford Motor Company nutrition laboratory after him. This was appropriate: Carver had dedicated his career to experimental agriculture and to improving farmer nutrition and health as well as crop yields. Though frail, Carver traveled to Dearborn for the dedication. Edsel Ford was also present.
- George Washington Carver and Austin W. Curtis, Jr. at Tuskegee Institute with Sculpture by Steffen Thomas, circa 1938 - In Tuskegee, Alabama, agricultural and environmental scientist George Washington Carver and his assistant, chemist Austin Curtis, Jr., stand in front of a statue commemorating Carver's 40 years of service to the Tuskegee Institute.
- June 02, 1937
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George Washington Carver and Austin W. Curtis, Jr. at Tuskegee Institute with Sculpture by Steffen Thomas, circa 1938
In Tuskegee, Alabama, agricultural and environmental scientist George Washington Carver and his assistant, chemist Austin Curtis, Jr., stand in front of a statue commemorating Carver's 40 years of service to the Tuskegee Institute.
- Austin W. Curtis Visiting the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 17, 1982 -
- August 17, 1982
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Austin W. Curtis Visiting the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 17, 1982
- Curtis Rubbing Oil, circa 1987 -
- circa 1987
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Curtis Rubbing Oil, circa 1987
- Frank Campsall, Austin Curtis, Henry Ford, and George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute, March 1938 - Henry Ford visited his friend George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in the spring of 1938. As part of his agricultural teaching and research at Tuskegee, Carver had developed a small museum and many portable agricultural exhibits which traveled to expositions and fairs. In this photo Carver is showing sweet potato exhibits to Ford, Carver's assistant Austin Curtis Jr, and Ford's assistant Frank Campsall.
- March 01, 1938
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Frank Campsall, Austin Curtis, Henry Ford, and George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute, March 1938
Henry Ford visited his friend George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in the spring of 1938. As part of his agricultural teaching and research at Tuskegee, Carver had developed a small museum and many portable agricultural exhibits which traveled to expositions and fairs. In this photo Carver is showing sweet potato exhibits to Ford, Carver's assistant Austin Curtis Jr, and Ford's assistant Frank Campsall.
- Letter of Thanks from Austin W. Curtis after a Visit to the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 26, 1982 -
- August 17, 1982
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Letter of Thanks from Austin W. Curtis after a Visit to the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 26, 1982
- Henry Ford Inscribing Cement Block at Dedication of George Washington Carver Museum, March 1941 - Henry and Clara Ford helped formally dedicate the George Washington Carver Museum at Tuskegee, Alabama, in March 1941. Dr. Carver watched as the Fords signed their names into a cement block. Bottles of soybeans and plant-based plastic automobile parts inserted in the block signified the lifetime of agricultural discoveries by the scientist and their innovative applications by the industrialist.
- March 01, 1941
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Henry Ford Inscribing Cement Block at Dedication of George Washington Carver Museum, March 1941
Henry and Clara Ford helped formally dedicate the George Washington Carver Museum at Tuskegee, Alabama, in March 1941. Dr. Carver watched as the Fords signed their names into a cement block. Bottles of soybeans and plant-based plastic automobile parts inserted in the block signified the lifetime of agricultural discoveries by the scientist and their innovative applications by the industrialist.
- Austin W. Curtis Visiting the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 17, 1982 -
- August 17, 1982
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Austin W. Curtis Visiting the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 17, 1982
- Ross Callaway and Austin W. Curtis inside the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 17, 1982 -
- August 17, 1982
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Ross Callaway and Austin W. Curtis inside the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 17, 1982
- Austin W. Curtis Assisting George Washington Carver during Lecture at Starr Commonwealth for Boys School, Albion, Michigan, 1939 - In 1939 George Washington Carver traveled to Albion, Michigan, to visit Floyd E. Starr's Starr Commonwealth for Boys, a school for orphaned, homeless, or "delinquent" young men. In this photograph, taken during Carver's lecture at Starr, Carver's assistant Austin Curtis, Jr., is helping Carver demonstrate the products that can be made from peanuts and other fruits of the soil.
- October 01, 1939
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Austin W. Curtis Assisting George Washington Carver during Lecture at Starr Commonwealth for Boys School, Albion, Michigan, 1939
In 1939 George Washington Carver traveled to Albion, Michigan, to visit Floyd E. Starr's Starr Commonwealth for Boys, a school for orphaned, homeless, or "delinquent" young men. In this photograph, taken during Carver's lecture at Starr, Carver's assistant Austin Curtis, Jr., is helping Carver demonstrate the products that can be made from peanuts and other fruits of the soil.