Photograph
Muir Locust
| A man and three women standing at the base of a large tree, identified as the Muir Locust. The tree grew along Observatory Drive on the University of Wisconsin campus and was identified with the environmentalist John Muir. Muir wrote in The Story of My Boyhood and Youth of his experience standing under the black locust tree in June 1863, when he was given a lesson in botany by a fellow student named Griswold. The tree was removed shortly after this photograph was taken. |
| Image ID: | 127819 |
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| Creation Date: | 1953 |
| Creator Name: | University of Wisconsin. Agricultural Extension Service. |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | R. Bruce Allison photographs, undated |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 7049.1.4 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
| This image was published in Allison's 1982 book Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees, p. 86, and in the 2005 second edition of that book, retitled Every Root an Anchor, p. 76. Image ID: 127821 is a view of the removal of this tree. |
| Trees |
| Handbags |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Automobiles |
| Streets |
| Shoes |
| Lawns |
| Men |
| Clothing and dress |
| Dresses |
| Neckties |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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