Editorial Rooms and Old Home of Luther Burbank - Santa Rosa, California, 1915
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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 to sell seeds and souvenirs. The Luther Burbank Society, organized in 1910, used Burbank's old home as an editorial office and the Bureau for storage of their multi-volume series on Burbank, published in 1913-1914.
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 to sell seeds and souvenirs. The Luther Burbank Society, organized in 1910, used Burbank's old home as an editorial office and the Bureau for storage of their multi-volume series on Burbank, published in 1913-1914.
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Date Made
1922-1928
Subject Date
1915
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2019.95.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
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