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Joy Morton posed with an American Elm dedicated to his father at Dawes Arboretum
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Mueller, M. H.

Joy Morton posed with an American Elm dedicated to his father at Dawes Arboretum

3.3174
sepia-toned photographic print
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28 cm W x 35.6 cm H (Item)
1 photograph
Photographic image
November 7 1927
Joy Morton posed with an American Elm dedicated to his father at Dawes Arboretum.

Dawes Arboretum obtained the tree for planting from Arbor Lodge, the Morton family home in Nebraska. The American Elm was dedicated to Julius Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day, by his descendants.
The Dawes Arboretum Newsletter, April 1997, page 3
Arboretums
Dedications
Trees--Planting
Ulmus americana L. (American elm)
Ulmus L. (elm)
Morton, Joy (depicts)
Joy Morton posed with shovel at Dawes Arboretum American Elm Tree Dedication to his father
Morton Family Photographs
Centennial Image Bank
Centennial Image Bank: People
Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio
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