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- John Burroughs' Album of Pressed Wildflowers Gathered during the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899 - In 1899, John Burroughs joined a group of more than 20 scientists, naturalists, and artists for a scientific exploration of the Alaskan coast. Financed and accompanied by railroad tycoon Edward H. Harriman, the expedition traveled aboard the lavishly refitted <em>George W. Elder</em>, collecting specimens along the way. Those specimens included native wildflowers, hand-picked by Burroughs and pressed into this book.
- 1899
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John Burroughs' Album of Pressed Wildflowers Gathered during the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899
In 1899, John Burroughs joined a group of more than 20 scientists, naturalists, and artists for a scientific exploration of the Alaskan coast. Financed and accompanied by railroad tycoon Edward H. Harriman, the expedition traveled aboard the lavishly refitted George W. Elder, collecting specimens along the way. Those specimens included native wildflowers, hand-picked by Burroughs and pressed into this book.
- Letter from Luther Burbank to Sadie F. Price, 1909 -
- February 08, 1909
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Letter from Luther Burbank to Sadie F. Price, 1909
- Letter from Augusta Gattinger to Luther Burbank, May 7, 1907 -
- May 07, 1907
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Letter from Augusta Gattinger to Luther Burbank, May 7, 1907
- Letter from Luther Burbank to Augusta Gattinger, 1909 -
- February 08, 1909
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Letter from Luther Burbank to Augusta Gattinger, 1909
- "Planting Sweet Potatoes on the James Hopkinson Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina," April 8, 1862 -
- April 08, 1862
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"Planting Sweet Potatoes on the James Hopkinson Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina," April 8, 1862
- Textbook Used by Katharine Wright, "Gray's School and Field Botany," 1887 - Milton and Susan Wright encouraged an interest in learning in their children Reuchlin, Lorin, Wilbur, Orville, and Katharine -- though not necessarily in formal education. Katharine was the only Wright child to finish college, graduating from Oberlin in 1898. Neither Wilbur nor Orville finished high school, but they learned much from their father's extensive home library.
- 1887
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Textbook Used by Katharine Wright, "Gray's School and Field Botany," 1887
Milton and Susan Wright encouraged an interest in learning in their children Reuchlin, Lorin, Wilbur, Orville, and Katharine -- though not necessarily in formal education. Katharine was the only Wright child to finish college, graduating from Oberlin in 1898. Neither Wilbur nor Orville finished high school, but they learned much from their father's extensive home library.