Jesup Agricultural Wagon

George Washington Carver’s sketch of the original Jesup Wagon, Tuskegee Institute (University), circa 1906. Sketch by Dr. George Washington Carver. Courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives, Photographs Collection.

The Jesup Wagon was Dr. George Washington Carver’s means of conducting extension work throughout rural Alabama. Named after Morris Jesup, a northern banker who funded the project, the Jesup Wagon was the first vehicle used for Tuskegee Institutes Movable School. Carver’s Jesup Wagon, which he used to conduct demonstrations and educate rural farmers was the model for the United States Department of Agriculture’s extension service.

  • Date Created: circa 1906
  • Date Digitized: 04/18/2021
  • Creator: George Washington Carver
  • Contributor: George Washington Carver
  • Subject: George Washington Carver; Tuskegee; Agriculture; Morris Jesup; Movable School
  • Format: digitized sketch
  • Source: hand-drawn illustration
  • Publisher: Tuskegee University Archives
  • Rights Link: http://archive.tuskegee.edu/repository/copyright-information/