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George Washington Carver Lying in Repose, Tuskegee Institute Chapel, 1943

THF213761 / George Washington Carver Lying in Repose, Tuskegee Institute Chapel, 1943
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Artifact Overview

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.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

08 January 1943

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.77521.3

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: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in pencil on back of image: Lying in state at Tuskegee / Institute Chapel
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