John Burroughs' Cradle, Photographed at His Birthplace, September 29, 1918
THF241525 / John Burroughs' Cradle, Photographed at His Birthplace, September 29, 1918
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Artifact Overview
John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. After working as an itinerant teacher and living in Washington, D.C., Burroughs returned to the Catskills and built a home. There, he could visit his birthplace and the surrounding lands where he grew up.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
29 September 1918
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.432
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.75 in
Width: 4.75 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back:
Cradle in which John Burroughs was rocked. Photograph by G. Clyde Fisher. September 29, 1918
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SetJohn Burroughs: American Naturalist
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John Burroughs was a keen observer of the natural world. He hiked the woods around his native Catskills home, fished the streams, listened to birdsongs, and cataloged the world he found there in essays that influenced others to find that same love of nature. While other naturalists celebrated towering mountains, scenic vistas, and the untamed wilderness, Burroughs urged his readers to find grandeur in the local, accessible, and familiar.