Letter from Carver to Pammel, May 14, 1924
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Title
Letter from Carver to Pammel, May 14, 1924
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My dear Dr. Pammel:
Here are three small samples of what is considered very strange and very remarkable plant products.
All three are essentially the same, and when properly ground and mixed with linseed oil, driers etc. they become an intensely black paint.
If mixed with the various vehicles used they become fine wood stains; indeed the China berry is said to make as fine a stain as the much prized, Nigrocene.
When used as a water color they are a beautiful brown.
They make fine dyes for wool etc. ranging in color from intense brown to the light tan shades. They are wonderfully pretty for bronzing wood.
No.1. is made from rotten sweet potatoes.
No.2. velvet beans.
No. 3. China berry seed melia Azederach
Yours very truly,
Geo. W. Carver
My dear Dr. Pammel:
Here are three small samples of what is considered very strange and very remarkable plant products.
All three are essentially the same, and when properly ground and mixed with linseed oil, driers etc. they become an intensely black paint.
If mixed with the various vehicles used they become fine wood stains; indeed the China berry is said to make as fine a stain as the much prized, Nigrocene.
When used as a water color they are a beautiful brown.
They make fine dyes for wool etc. ranging in color from intense brown to the light tan shades. They are wonderfully pretty for bronzing wood.
No.1. is made from rotten sweet potatoes.
No.2. velvet beans.
No. 3. China berry seed melia Azederach
Yours very truly,
Geo. W. Carver
Creator
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
Source
RS 21/7/2.Carver.V-05-05
Publisher
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
Date
1924-05-14
2008-08-25
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George Washington Carver Papers, 1893-[ongoing] http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/arch/rgrp/21-7-2.html
Format
Letter: 1 page; 21.5 x 28 cm
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Image
Identifier
21-07-02.Carver.V-05-05
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