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Watts, May Theilgaard

Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Trees Keep Records


Identifier
3.19505
Format
black marker and watercolor on illustration board
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
35.5 cm W x 55.9 cm H (Item)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
mid 20th century
Description
Primarily textual teaching aid depicting Arboretum landscape. This material describes the biography of a red oak tree with illustrations and text.

Header: TREES KEEP RECORDS [Illustration of a tree writing in a book with a quill pen, saying "it's nothing, really!"]

Text and illustrations from top to bottom, left to right:
  • This red oak was planted, probably by a squirrel, the year that Mr. Joy Morton was 14. [Illustration of a squirrel planting an acorn with a shovel and a sketch of a high wheel bike and cyclist in the background, followed by the year 1869]
  • It was this large (red ring) in the year that Sterling Morton inaugurated ARBOR DAY. [Illustration of men in top hats and suits planting trees, followed by the year 1872]
  • It was this larger (green ring) in the year the Morton Arboretum was founded. [Illustration of a path with trees, followed by the year 1921]
  • It grew vigorously in its youth and then slowed down.
Language
English