Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
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John Burroughs, an internationally known naturalist and essayist, wrote about what could be found in accessible and familiar landscapes. For Burroughs that meant the land, flowers, birds and other wildlife around his homes in the Catskills of upstate New York. Burroughs died on March 29, 1921. He was buried on a quiet plot of ground in the surroundings he loved on April 3rd -- his eighty-fourth birthday.
John Burroughs, an internationally known naturalist and essayist, wrote about what could be found in accessible and familiar landscapes. For Burroughs that meant the land, flowers, birds and other wildlife around his homes in the Catskills of upstate New York. Burroughs died on March 29, 1921. He was buried on a quiet plot of ground in the surroundings he loved on April 3rd -- his eighty-fourth birthday.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 May 1944
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.439
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5 in
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