John Burroughs Statue, "Summit of the Years," in "Burroughs' Grotto" at Fair Lane, circa 1930
THF241784 / John Burroughs Statue, "Summit of the Years," in "Burroughs' Grotto" at Fair Lane, circa 1930
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford befriended naturalist John Burroughs in the early 1910s. The two shared a mutual love of birds and nature. In 1916, Ford dedicated a wildlife shrine to Burroughs at Fair Lane, Ford's home in Dearborn, Michigan. The "Burroughs' Grotto" contained a heated bird bath, a stone with Burroughs's signature, and this statue of the famed nature writer.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1930
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.2468
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: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
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SetJohn Burroughs: American Naturalist
- 19 Artifacts
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.