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John Burroughs at the Ralph Waldo Emerson House, 1917

THF241293 / John Burroughs at the Ralph Waldo Emerson House, 1917
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Artifact Overview

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) greatly influenced John Burroughs. Burroughs first read Emerson's works in 1856 when Burroughs was a 19-year-old preparatory school student. A few years later, Burroughs's first significant essay was mistakenly attributed to Emerson. Other writers knew and shaped the budding naturalist, but Emerson remained his spiritual father. This photo shows the aged Burroughs visiting Emerson's home in Concord, Massachusetts.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1917

Subject Date

02 October 1917

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1334.387

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: 5.5 in
Width: 3.75 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in ink on back: In front of the Emerson House Concord, Mass, Oct. 2nd 1917. Blue ink stamp on back: FILMS DEVELOPED FREE 176 DUVAL STUDIO 340 W. 63RD ST.