Burbank Experimental Gardens Information Office, 1928

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Artifact Overview

Luther Burbank (1849-1926), a much-heralded American horticulturalist, gained a reputation for selectively breeding more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened this building in 1910 to sell seeds and souvenirs to inquisitive patrons. It served many purposes over the years and was moved once before Burbank's widow sent it to Henry Ford in 1928 for inclusion in Greenfield Village.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1928

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.13.P.188.52365

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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

lower right corner: 52365
Burbank Experimental Gardens Information Office, 1928