# George Washington Carver c1910 - Restoration

- By: Adam Cuerden
- Date: circa 1910
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Tuskegee University Archives/Museum
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Washington_Carver_c1910_-_Restoration.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/d/d0/George_Washington_Carver_c1910_-_Restoration.jpg/1920px-George_Washington_Carver_c1910_-_Restoration.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.