Photograph
Walter Koehn
| Wally Koehn (1915-1998) posing with his left forearm resting against the giant trunk of a northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) on the Wrigley estate "Green Gables." Koehn, a native of Germany, was the groundskeeper of the estate for many years. The tree was named the largest known specimen of its species in Wisconsin in 1979. The trunk of the tree was nearly 18 feet in circumference. |
| Image ID: | 128076 |
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| Creation Date: | 1979 |
| Creator Name: | Hoffmann, B. Wolfgang |
| City: | Lake Geneva |
| County: | Walworth |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | R. Bruce Allison photographs, undated |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 7049.1.5 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| This image was published in Allison's 1982 book Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees, p. 104, and also in the 2005 second edition of that book, retitled Every Root an Anchor, p. 94. |
| Trees |
| Eyeglasses |
| Shoes |
| Work clothes |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portrait photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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