John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge, circa 1915
THF256516 / John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge, circa 1915
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Artifact Overview
John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1913, with financial assistance from Henry Ford, Burroughs purchased the house built by his brother Curtis on land near Burroughs's birthplace in Roxbury, New York. Woodchuck Lodge, as Burroughs referred to it, became his summer retreat and its natural surroundings became the subject of his creative works.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Subject Date
circa 1915
Creator Notes
Postcard made with Defender Photo Supply Company materials; photographer is unidentified.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1762.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front of postcard at bottom of image: 1- John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge, Roxbury, N.Y.
Postcard markings on back. Not mailed.
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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.