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Portrait of John Muir, 1909

THF241760 / Portrait of John Muir, 1909
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Artifact Overview

This photograph of conservationist John Muir was found in Henry Ford's copy of Our Friend John Burroughs. The book includes a chapter detailing the friendship between Burroughs and Muir. Influenced by Henry David Thoreau--philosopher, author, and early naturalist--the two nature writers became key figures in the early years of the American environmental movement.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1909

Creator Notes

Original photography by J. Edward B. Greene, copied by G. Clyde Fisher.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1764.16

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 3.438 in
Width: 4.5 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in ink on back: John Muir / Copied by G. Clyde Fisher / from a photograph by / J. Edward B. Greene, and / copyrighted by him. / Pasadena, Calif., 1909.