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This image was selected as picture of the day on the English Wiki for May 27, 2019.

Summary

Description

English: Botanist George Washington Carver. The image has been restored, with dust spots removed, and with levels adjusted to better File:George_Washington_Carver,_ca._1902.jpg match his actual skin tone. It was quite common for photographers to overexpose images of darker-skinned people to bring out details, but this was often fixed for publication, and, if uncorrected, has problematic consequences for how history is imagined.

Español: George Washington Carver (1864-1943), botánico e inventor estadounidense.

Polski: George Washington Carver, amerykański botanik i wynalazca.

Čeština: Botanik a vynálezce George Washington Carver.

Magyar: George Washington Carver botanikus és feltaláló

Italiano: George Washington Carver (1864-1943), ricercatore ed educatore statunitense.

Македонски: Американскиот ботаничар и пронаоѓач Џорџ Вашингтон Карвер (186? - 1943).

Nederlands: Botanicus en uitvinder George Washington Carver (1861-1943)

Português: George Washington Carver, botânico, inventor, cientista e agrônomo norte-americano, em 1910.

Date

circa 1910

Source

Tuskegee University Archives/Museum

Author

not listed; restored by

Adam Cuerden
Description	British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth	8 June 1979
Location of birth	United States of America

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File:George Washington Carver c1910 - Restoration.jpg - Restoration (JPEG)
File:George Washington Carver c1910 - Restoration.png - Restoration (PNG)
File:George Washington Carver c1910.jpg - Original (JPEG)

Assessment


	This is a featured picture on Wiki Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the Persian language Wikipedia (نگاره‌های برگزیده) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

This image was selected as picture of the day on Wiki Commons for 18 February 2017. It was captioned as follows:

English: Botanist and inventor George Washington Carver.

Other languages:

Čeština: Botanik a vynálezce George Washington Carver.

English: Botanist and inventor George Washington Carver.

Español: George Washington Carver (1864-1943), botánico e inventor estadounidense.

Italiano: George Washington Carver (1864-1943), ricercatore ed educatore statunitense.

Magyar: George Washington Carver botanikus és feltaláló

Nederlands: Botanicus en uitvinder George Washington Carver (1861-1943)

Polski: George Washington Carver, amerykański botanik i wynalazca.

Português: George Washington Carver, botânico, inventor, cientista e agrônomo norte-americano, em 1910.

Македонски: Американскиот ботаничар и пронаоѓач Џорџ Вашингтон Карвер (186? - 1943).

Summary

No credit is required for the restoration.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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george Washington Carver C1910 - Restoration.jpg

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:25, 21 October 2016	2,700 × 3,379 (5.14 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js:
	01:44, 8 February 2016	2,700 × 3,379 (3.25 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js:
	01:41, 8 February 2016	2,700 × 3,379 (3.25 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js:
	01:40, 8 February 2016	2,700 × 3,379 (3.37 MB)	Adam Cuerden	redo levels adjustment, see if it klooks better on (slightly darker-leaning) screen.
	04:02, 29 January 2016	2,700 × 3,379 (3.19 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: few minor additional dust spots fixed.
	10:07, 26 January 2016	2,700 × 3,379 (3.19 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: Trying to match the original sepia after the adjustment.
	10:00, 26 January 2016	2,700 × 3,379 (3.21 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: Y'know, there's probably arguments against doing this, but in order to give an accurate idea of his skin tone, I think this edit is more true.
	07:25, 26 January 2016	2,700 × 3,379 (4.49 MB)	Adam Cuerden