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- Graduating Students and Teachers at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, 1945 - Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches, and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School. This image shows the 1945 graduating class and their teachers.
- June 01, 1945
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Graduating Students and Teachers at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, 1945
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches, and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School. This image shows the 1945 graduating class and their teachers.
- Letter from George Washington Carver to Frank Campsall, April 15, 1939 - George Washington Carver and Henry Ford became friends in the late 1930s, drawn together by a mutual interest in developing new industrial products from the fruits of the soil. Carver's warm letters to Ford, Clara Ford, and Ford's secretary Frank Campsall speak to the genuine depth of the friendship. Carver often gives Ford advice on research avenues to pursue and suggests recipes for natural health.
- April 15, 1939
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Letter from George Washington Carver to Frank Campsall, April 15, 1939
George Washington Carver and Henry Ford became friends in the late 1930s, drawn together by a mutual interest in developing new industrial products from the fruits of the soil. Carver's warm letters to Ford, Clara Ford, and Ford's secretary Frank Campsall speak to the genuine depth of the friendship. Carver often gives Ford advice on research avenues to pursue and suggests recipes for natural health.
- Students in Sewing Classroom at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940 - Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School. This image shows a group of teenage girls attending a sewing class in the new school.
- circa 1940
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Students in Sewing Classroom at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School. This image shows a group of teenage girls attending a sewing class in the new school.
- Teacher and First Grade Students at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940 - Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School. This image shows first grade students attending classes in the new school.
- circa 1940
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Teacher and First Grade Students at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School. This image shows first grade students attending classes in the new school.
- Henry Ford and Frank Campsall with Students and Faculty at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940 - Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School, named in honor of his friend. In this image, Ford poses with the faculty and local schoolchildren.
- circa 1940
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Henry Ford and Frank Campsall with Students and Faculty at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School, named in honor of his friend. In this image, Ford poses with the faculty and local schoolchildren.
- 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.
- Elizabeth Brogdon, Dietitian at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1947 - Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. In 1939, Ford built a school for African-American children -- one of many local projects. He named the school in honor of his friend and famed educator and agricultural scientist George Washington Carver.
- circa 1947
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Elizabeth Brogdon, Dietitian at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1947
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. In 1939, Ford built a school for African-American children -- one of many local projects. He named the school in honor of his friend and famed educator and agricultural scientist George Washington Carver.
- Clara Ford, Henry Ford, and George Washington Carver at the Carver School Dedication, Richmond Hill, Georgia, 1940 - Henry Ford honored his friend George Washington Carver by naming a school on his property in Georgia after Carver. Seated in a classroom at the 1940 dedication of the George Washington Carver School are, from left to right, Austin W. Curtis, Jr., Carver's assistant; Frederick D. Patterson, President of Tuskegee Institute; Clara Ford; Henry Ford; and Carver. On the chalkboard is a song dedicated to Henry Ford.
- March 13, 1940
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Clara Ford, Henry Ford, and George Washington Carver at the Carver School Dedication, Richmond Hill, Georgia, 1940
Henry Ford honored his friend George Washington Carver by naming a school on his property in Georgia after Carver. Seated in a classroom at the 1940 dedication of the George Washington Carver School are, from left to right, Austin W. Curtis, Jr., Carver's assistant; Frederick D. Patterson, President of Tuskegee Institute; Clara Ford; Henry Ford; and Carver. On the chalkboard is a song dedicated to Henry Ford.
- Clara Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford at George Washington Carver School Dedication, 1940 - Henry Ford honored his friend George Washington Carver by naming a school on his property in Georgia after Carver. In this photograph, Clara Bryant Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford are standing in front of the George Washington Carver School at the school's 1940 dedication, in what used to be called Ways, now known as Richmond Hill, Georgia.
- March 13, 1940
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Clara Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford at George Washington Carver School Dedication, 1940
Henry Ford honored his friend George Washington Carver by naming a school on his property in Georgia after Carver. In this photograph, Clara Bryant Ford, George Washington Carver, and Henry Ford are standing in front of the George Washington Carver School at the school's 1940 dedication, in what used to be called Ways, now known as Richmond Hill, Georgia.
- George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940 - Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School, named in honor of his friend. This image shows the exterior of the school.
- circa 1940
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George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School, named in honor of his friend. This image shows the exterior of the school.