3c George Washington Carver single
Object Details
- Description
- This George Washington Carver Issue stamp depicts Dr. George Washington Carver, a scientist, botanist, educator and inventor. He studied alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts and soybeans, as well as crop rotation, and taught at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. This stamp was issued on the fifth anniversary of his death.
- United States; George Washington Carver; African American; science; botany; inventor; education; cotton; peanuts; slavery; Tuskegee Institute
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- January 5, 1948
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4017
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- George Washington Carver, American, 1864 - 1943
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (bright red violet); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 953
- Topic
- Science
- Technology & Inventions
- Food & Agriculture
- Plants
- Black Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4017
