Watts, May Theilgaard
Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Trees Keep Records
Identifier
3.19505Format
black marker and watercolor on illustration boardDigitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
35.5 cm W x 55.9 cm H (Item)Extent
1 sheetType
DrawingDate created
mid 20th centuryDescription
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.
Subject - keywords and LC headings
DendrochronologyDrawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Quercus rubra L. (northern red oak)
