John Muir and John Burroughs in Pasadena, California, 1909-1912

Summary

Naturalist-writer John Burroughs first met wilderness conservationist John Muir in the early 1890s at the home of the editor for Century Magazine. They became friends, then traveled together to places that included Alaska, the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. Here they are together in Pasadena Glen, California, where Muir had friends and Burroughs owned a little winter bungalow.

Naturalist-writer John Burroughs first met wilderness conservationist John Muir in the early 1890s at the home of the editor for Century Magazine. They became friends, then traveled together to places that included Alaska, the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. Here they are together in Pasadena Glen, California, where Muir had friends and Burroughs owned a little winter bungalow.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1909-1912

Collection Title

John Burroughs Papers 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

93.205.61

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown
Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 8.875 in

Width: 7.25 in

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