John Burroughs, Frank Sanborn, and Clara Barrus at the Ralph Waldo Emerson House, 1913

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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

1913

Subject Date

September 1913

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1334.391

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: 3.438 in
Width: 5.625 in

John Burroughs, Frank Sanborn, and Clara Barrus at the Ralph Waldo Emerson House, 1913