"A Field of Burbank's Crimson California Poppies," circa 1915
THF288810 / "A Field of Burbank's Crimson California Poppies," circa 1915
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Artifact Overview
California legislators named Eschscholzia californica (the California poppy) as the state flower in 1903. Luther Burbank, an American horticulturalist who gained a reputation for his commercially successful plant creations, believed he could improve on the state flower. He selectively bred the California Native Yellow Variety and created not a vivid yellow, but a consistently crimson, poppy.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
circa 1915
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.4.7142.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.438 in
Width: 5.375 in
Inscriptions
on front:
856 - A Field of burbank's Crimson California Poppies.
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After developing the Burbank potato in his native Massachusetts, prolific American horticulturalist Luther Burbank (1849-1926) relocated to California in 1875. There, at his vast experimental gardens, Burbank developed more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants.