Document Listing Possible Names for Ford Motor Company's Nutritional Laboratory, July 28, 1942

Summary

This handwritten document with list of possible names for Ford Motor Company's Nutritional Laboratory may have been written by George Washington Carver. The list may have been generated during a discussion between Carver and Irving Bacon, who was painting Carver's portrait. The laboratory was dedicated simply with Carver's name.

This handwritten document with list of possible names for Ford Motor Company's Nutritional Laboratory may have been written by George Washington Carver. The list may have been generated during a discussion between Carver and Irving Bacon, who was painting Carver's portrait. The laboratory was dedicated simply with Carver's name.

Artifact

Draft (Documents)

Date Made

July 1942

Subject Date

July 1942

Collection Title

Irving R. Bacon Papers 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1657.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Handwriting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.938 in

Width: 8.438 in

Inscriptions

Letterhead: The George Washington Carver Foundation (Incorporated) Founded February 10, 1940 Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

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