John Burroughs at Boyhood Rock, near Woodchuck Lodge, circa 1919
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This image shows naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) near his birthplace of Roxbury, New York. He is leaning against a large boulder known as Boyhood Rock--where the young Burroughs once played. Located in the woods near Woodchuck Lodge, a house built by his brother Curtis and where Burroughs would later spend his summers, the stone now marks Burroughs's grave.
This image shows naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) near his birthplace of Roxbury, New York. He is leaning against a large boulder known as Boyhood Rock--where the young Burroughs once played. Located in the woods near Woodchuck Lodge, a house built by his brother Curtis and where Burroughs would later spend his summers, the stone now marks Burroughs's grave.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1919
Subject Date
circa 1919
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2007.0.7.72
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Japanese paper (handmade paper)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 13.5 in
Width: 9 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten script in pencil on lower left corner of image: Copy by / Florence B. Livingston /.
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