Burbank's Experimental Farm, Sebastopol, Near Santa Rosa, California, 1913
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Luther Burbank (1849-1926), a much-heralded American horticulturalist, gained a reputation for selectively breeding more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He relocated from Massachusetts to California in 1875 and bought land in Sebastopol starting in 1885. Burbank employed around 15 laborers by 1913 on this 18-acre experimental plot. They cultivated lilies, as this postcard depicts, and other plants.
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), a much-heralded American horticulturalist, gained a reputation for selectively breeding more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He relocated from Massachusetts to California in 1875 and bought land in Sebastopol starting in 1885. Burbank employed around 15 laborers by 1913 on this 18-acre experimental plot. They cultivated lilies, as this postcard depicts, and other plants.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
1913
Subject Date
02 November 1913
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2019.58.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.33 in
Width: 5.33 in
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