Tree house or deer stand, view 1 (3.36545)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A tree house or a deer stand is perched high in a tree along a row of trees. A building is visible in the background.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts and class at the Arboretum, riding in an open-air tram (3.33926)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts and Helen Turner sit next to the driver of an open-air tram with a group taking her class at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph
Students in a Junior Forestry class, posing with a leaf poster (3.34151)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum. These two students stand outside, holding a large poster with various leaf specimens attached.
Extent: 1 slide
Historic structure in Mexico City, Mexico (3.37097)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A historic structure, possibly a mission or a fort, in Mexico City, Mexico. There appear to be two tall slides in front of the structure to the right.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Tall grass and trees (3.36606)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A few scattered trees and other foliage grow among tall grasses.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Education charts: Rocky Mountains (3.34201)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An educational chart created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a Rocky Mountain association. A detailed illustration of a single tree leaf is positioned at the center of the chart, surrounded by four vingnettes showing additional flora and fauna found within the ecological community.
Header: ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Labels from top to bottom, left to right:
- Colorado columbine
- mountain bluebird
- --- ---
- cony
- alpine fir / Engelmann spruce
Extent: 1 slide
Statue of Jose Maria Morelos on Isla de Janitzio, Mexico (3.37131)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Statue of Jose Maria Morelos on Isla de Janitzio in Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico, including the village below.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Garden in Williamsburg, view of trees and walking paths (3.36639)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A landscaped garden in Williamsburg. A brick wall and structure are visible in the background.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Exhibits: Beall Woods trees, Shellbark Hickory and Pecan (3.34253)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit board created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting detailed drawings of the trunks, leaves, stems, and fruit found on trees in Beall Woods.
Labels:
- Shellbark / Hickory -
- Pecan
Extent: 1 slide
Rosinweed and fence (3.36269)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A tall rosinweed plant grows next to a barbed wire fence near a prairie cemetery. A road, train tracks, a telephone pole, and a farm are visible in the background.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
A garden and chateau in France (3.36904)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A closer view of a garden in France with several trees that have been pruned into topiaries of various shapes. A scarecrow is visible near the center of the garden, while a large stone building, or chateau, appears in the background.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Poster: Flooding ecology (3.34293)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster showing flood susceptibility, created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a cross-section view of plant and tree silhouettes in 9 stages, from an aquatic zone up-slope through a 2nd bottom mature flood plain stand.
Text from top to bottom, left to right:
- [Header] Flood Susceptibility
- 1. Cypress
- 2. Sandbar Willow
- 3. Black Willow
- 4. Cottonwood - Green Ash - / River Birch - Red Maple
- 5. Silver Maple - Sycamore - / Pecan - Overcup Oak
- 6. Pin Oak - Elm - Sweet Gum
- 7. Hackberry - Bur Oak - / Swamp White Oak
- 8. Walnut - White Ash - Linden - / Shellbark Hickory - Spanish Oak
- 9. Shumard's Oak - Butternut Hickory - / Shagbark Hickory - Persimmon
- 10. Beech - Sugar Maple - / White Oak - Black Cherry
- [A]quatic zone
- Zone of / Emergence
- Bare
- Annuals - / Grass, Forb / sedge
- Perennials - / Forbs
- Marginal / Small Tree
- Marginal / Tall Tree
- Mature Flood Plain Stand / 1st Bottom
- Mature Flood Plain Stand / 2nd Bottom
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts with companions in a forest (3.36353)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Three young children interact with May T. Watts among several fallen trees in a forest, possibly in the Great Smoky Mountains. A women in the foreground appears to be cooking something on a grill or camp stove. Several tins of food lay on the ground beside her.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
A spiral planter and fountain in a French garden (3.36938)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A fountain in a spiral shaped planter, located in a landscaped garden near Montagne Sainte-Victoire, France.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Twig model (3.34364)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A display featuring a model of a twig with leaf scars and a terminal bud.
Extent: 1 slide
Tree Portraits: Boxelder (3.31854)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a boxelder tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf and a drawing of its seeds. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- o
Extent: 1 sheet
Balneario de San Jose Purua, Mexico (3.36970)
Type: Photographic image
Description:The grounds of the San Jose Purua resort hotel in Mexico.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Vegetable dyes: Sumac fruit (3.34399)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A loosely woven swatch of threads dyed with sumac fruit for a class taught by May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Label: Sumac fruit
Extent: 1 slide
Pink flowers (3.36513)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A close-up view of a pink flower cluster.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Mr. Nelson inspecting a specimen of sedge or grass (3.34089)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A participant named Mr. Nelson inspects a sedge or grass specimen during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Isla de Janitzio, Mexico (3.37016)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Fishing nets and buildings on Janitzio Island, Mexico.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Ornamental hedge archway, view 2 (3.36538)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A grouping of large hedges or trees that have been trimmed into an archway.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Participants in a geology workshop, standing near evergreen trees (3.34144)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Participants in a geology workshop with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum stand by the side of a road next to an open-air tram. Evergreen trees are visible in the background.
Extent: 1 slide
Mountains near Mexico City, Mexico (3.37088)
Type: Photographic image
Description: Two children walk on at dirt road that extends toward mountains near Mexico City, Mexico.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Stylized rooster statue and stairs (3.36599)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A bronze-look stylized statue of a rooster among various types of landscaped foliage at the foot of curved stone steps. The top of the statue is partially cut off in this image.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Education charts: Plants, insects, and animals in brown (3.34176)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An educational chart depicting various plants, insects, and animals in shades of brown and white.
Extent: 1 slide
Men fishing with butterfly nets on Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico (3.37124)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Four fishermen gathered in small boats fish with butterfuly nets on Lake Patzcuaro in Mexico. The statue of Jose Maria Morelos atop Janitzio Island is visible in the background.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts giving a Lunch and Learning presentation (3.36038)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts gives a Lunch and Learning presentation to visitors at The Morton Arboretum. She appears to be in the process of drawing flower petals.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts with family (3.36632)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts poses with family near a brick building with a green fence.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Exhibits: Animal Homes (3.34246)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit board created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a landscape of various trees as well as a view underground. There are several openings cut into the board which presumably depict various animal homes among the trees and below the ground.
Extent: 1 slide
Rosinweed (3.36262)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A rosinweed plant grows among other prairie plants in front of a barbed wire fence. In the background is a road, behind which rows of corn are growing.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Somme, near Corbie, France (3.36848)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Fields and foliage in Somme, near Corbie, France.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Forestry classroom: Tree surgery (3.34286)
Type: Photographic image
Description:The interior of a forestry classroom at The Morton Arboretum, which includes a display of tree logs on a counter that are attached with strong to index cards on a bulletin board.
Extent: 1 slide
Storm damage (3.36346)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Property damage which appears to have been caused by a severe storm.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
A spiral-shaped planter in a French garden (3.36931)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A spiral-shaped planter in a landscaped garden near Montagne Sainte-Victoire, France.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Exhibit: DuPage River dioramas (3.34357)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit showing two dioramas of the DuPage River.
Labels above the dioramas, from left to right:
- THE DUPAGE RIVER AS IT USED TO BE.
- AND AS MOST OF IT IS TODAY
Extent: 1 slide