Luther Burbank Garden Office, Original Site, Santa Rosa, California, circa 1910
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Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened this Bureau of Information in 1910 at the corner of his 40-acre experimental garden in Santa Rosa to sell seeds and souvenirs. After 1913, the building had various uses until Burbank's widow offered it to Henry Ford in 1928.
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened this Bureau of Information in 1910 at the corner of his 40-acre experimental garden in Santa Rosa to sell seeds and souvenirs. After 1913, the building had various uses until Burbank's widow offered it to Henry Ford in 1928.
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Subject Date
circa 1910
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.0.1.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.125 in
Width: 5.5 in
Inscriptions
front, lower edge: J9025 Burbank's Bureau of Information Santa Rosa, Cal. front door: Bureau of Information Burbank's Experiment Farms
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