Browsing by Subject/Keyword: century:
Nature School for Teachers, May T. Watts addressing a group of teachers (3.33869)
Date: October 1939Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a large group of teachers attending her accredited 14-week course at The Morton Arboretum. The teachers are sitting and standing on a grassy area, taking notes as they listen. An approaching vehicle appears on the roadway through the trees in the background.
Extent: 1 photograph
Nature School for Teachers, May T. Watts speaking to teachers (3.33877)
Date: October 1939Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a large group of teachers attending her accredited 14-week course at The Morton Arboretum. The teachers are sitting and standing on a grassy area, taking notes as they listen. A departing vehicle appears on the roadway through the trees in the background.
Extent: 1 photograph
Nature School for Teachers, group listening to May T. Watts (3.33878)
Date: October 1939Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a large group of teachers attending her accredited 14-week course at The Morton Arboretum. The teachers are sitting and standing on a grassy area, taking notes as they listen.
Extent: 1 photograph
Nature School for Teachers, May T. Watts with large group in a clearing (3.33879)
Date: October 1939Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaking to a large group of teachers attending her accredited 14-week course at The Morton Arboretum. The group of teachers sit and stand on a grassy area in a circle as they listen and take notes.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts conducting a class at The Morton Arboretum (3.33923)
Date: February 1960Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts conducts a class at The Morton Arboretum Outpost as she holds a large-format piece of artwork depicting outlines of leaf shapes. Helen Turner is seated beside her. The class is being held in a room that appears to have a large brick fireplace with a chalkboard on its mantel.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts teaching an art class at The Morton Arboretum (3.34045)
Date: 1940 – 1950Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts teaching an outdoor art class to a group of students at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts, Mary Moulton, Helen Turner, Alice Goodrich, and Edna Jones with a class in the Redwood Building (3.34051)
Date: circa 1948 – 1959Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts with a class in the Redwood Building at The Morton Arboretum. Helen Turner and Mary Moulton appear in the back row on the left, Alice Goodrich is in the front row wearing a hat, and Edna Jones is on the far right.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts conducting a class on The Morton Arboretum grounds (3.34063)
Date: circa 1958Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts surrounded by a group participating in a class on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts with a Wednesday morning class, observing trees (3.34082)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts with participants in a Wednesday morning class observing trees at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, digging with shovels (3.34105)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum. Some appear to be using shovels, digging under the direction of Watts.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, posing with pruned tree branches (3.34125)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class with May T. Watts at the Morton Arboretum. The group of boys and girls pose with several pruned tree branches.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, posing with a leaf poster (3.34128)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, outside an Arboretum building (3.34129)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:A group of schoolchildren attend a Junior Foresty class with May T. Watts on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum. An Arboretum building is visible in the background.
Extent: 1 slide
Mothers and Children's course: Participants outdoors with May T. Watts (3.34130)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:A group of mothers and children attend a class with May T. Watts on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Mothers and Children's course: Participants perform with May T. Watts (3.34131)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:A group of mothers and children attend a class with May T. Watts on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum. All of the participants are wearing headbands with feather and many also appear to be playing simple instruments, including Watts.
Extent: 1 slide
Mothers and Children's course: Participants interact with May T. Watts (3.34132)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:A group of mothers and children attend a class with May T. Watts on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Two workshop participants creating nature crafts (3.34138)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Participants in a Morton Arboretum workshop with May T. Watts create nature crafts with leaves and paint.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Myrtle Pittenger, May T. Watts, and Ruth Leedy (3.34426)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:Myrtle Pittenger, May T. Watts, Ruth Leedy, and others gathered for the initial survey of the land that would become the Illinois Prairie Path. Watts holds a book with a red cover titled "The Great Third Rail," which detailed the complete history of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway, published by the Central Electric Railfans' Association in 1961.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Viola Sobolik, May T. Watts, and Helen Turner (3.34451)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:Viola Sobolik, May T. Watts, and Helen Turner gathered for the initial survey of the land that would become the Illinois Prairie Path. Watts holds a book with a red cover titled "The Great Third Rail," which detailed the complete history of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway, published by the Central Electric Railfans' Association in 1961. Turner appears to be taking down notes as Watts speaks.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Myrtle Pittenger, May T. Watts, and Helen Turner (3.34457)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:Myrtle Pittenger, May T. Watts, and Helen Turner gathered for the initial survey of the land that would become the Illinois Prairie Path. Watts holds a book with a red cover titled "The Great Third Rail," which detailed the complete history of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway, published by the Central Electric Railfans' Association in 1961.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts and others (3.34458)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watt is surrounded by a small group gathered for the initial survey of the land that would become the Illinois Prairie Path. Watts holds a book with a red cover titled "The Great Third Rail," which detailed the complete history of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway, as she appears to read a newspaper clipping.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Erica Watts, Warren Keck, May T. Watts, and Helen Turner (3.34459)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Erica Watts, Warren Keck, May T. Watts, Helen Turner, and others gathered for the initial survey of the land that would become the Illinois Prairie Path. Watts holds a book with a red cover titled "The Great Third Rail," which detailed the complete history of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts with group at Wayne village station (3.34460)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a group gathered for the initial survey of the land that would become the Illinois Prairie Path. Watts shows the participants a page from the book "The Great Third Rail," which detailed the complete history of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway. The Wayne village station is visible to the far right, labeled WAY[NE] in red letters.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts and Helen Turner with group at Wayne village station (3.35243)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:Standing next to the Wayne village station, May T. Watts speaks to a group gathered for the initial survey of the land that would become the Illinois Prairie Path. Watts appears to be reading from the book "The Great Third Rail," which detailed the complete history of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway. Helen Turner is visible to the far right.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts, Mollie Salmon, and Floyd Swink with group at Wayne village station (3.35244)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:Standing next to the Wayne village station, Floyd Swink speaks to a group gathered for the initial survey of the land that would become the Illinois Prairie Path. Swink appears to be holding a tuft of grass for the group to view. May T. Watts and Mollie Salmon stand to his left.
Extent: 1 slide
National Trails Symposium, May Watts, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, and others cutting a ribbon (3.35246)
Date: 1971Type: Photographic image
Description:May Watts cuts a ribbon with United States Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton and others at the opening of the National Trail System. On this occasion, the Illinois Prairie Path became part of the National Trail System, and Watts was honored with an award.
Extent: 1 photograph
National Trails Symposium, May Watts, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, and others walking (3.35247)
Date: 1971Type: Photographic image
Description:May Watts walks with United States Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton and others at the opening of the National Trail System. On this occasion, the Illinois Prairie Path became part of the National Trail System, and Watts was honored with an award.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Floyd Swink, Helen Turner, May T. Watts, and others near Wheaton (3.35248)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Floyd Swink, Helen Turner, May T. Watts, and others walk along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin near houses in Wheaton, Illinois, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts speaking to group (3.35252)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts, in center, speaks to a group along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Hikers walking on railroad ties (3.35254)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A group hikers along railroad ties that were part of the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Helen Turner, Jane Moore, May T. Watts, and others observing plants along railroad ties (3.35255)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Helen Turner, Jane Moore, May T. Watts, and others stop to observe plants growing along railroad ties that were part of the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Helen Turner speaking to fellow hikers at a quarry (3.35256)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Helen Turner speaks to other hikers at a quarry near Batavia, Illinois, along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: DuPage River (3.35257)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:The DuPage River near the Geneva junction by the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts and others near railroad tracks (3.35258)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts stands with a small group near railroad tracks by the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Group hike (3.35259)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:A group hikes along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts, Floyd Swink, Helen Turner, and others having lunch (3.35260)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts, Floyd Swink, Helen Turner, and others have a discussion while stopping for lunch at a park in Batavia near the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide