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Microscope Used by George Washington Carver, circa 1900
1895/1905
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
By 1900, cotton production had depleted Southern soils, so George Washington Carver (1864-1943) developed nutritious crops like peanuts that nurtured the soil and could be sold to make industrial products. He used this microscope in his laboratory at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
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- Title: Microscope Used by George Washington Carver, circa 1900
- Date Created: 1895/1905
- Location: United States, Alabama, Tuskegee
- Subject Keywords: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Tuskegee Institute, Microscopes
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=78225
- Object Name: Microscope
- Object ID: 97.6.1
- Image ID: THF34142
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dr. Austin W. Curtis.
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