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George Washington Carver Plaque, 1945
Isaac Scott Hathaway1945
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Environmental scientist George Washington Carver and sculptor Isaac Hathaway were colleagues at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Hathaway's goal as an artist was to showcase the achievements of African-Americans and make them visible. He made this plaque with a bust of George Washington Carver in 1945, after Carver's death.
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- Title: George Washington Carver Plaque, 1945
- Creator: Hathaway, Isaac Scott, 1874-1967
- Date Created: 1945
- Location: United States
- Subject Keywords: Tuskegee Institute, Plaques (Flat objects), Busts (Figures), Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Commemorations
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=269396
- Object Name: Plaque (Flat object)
- Object ID: 45.78.2
- Image ID: THF152082
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Isaac Scott Hathaway
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