People planting trees: two men planting a tree, child kneeling (3.24004)
Date: 1980 – 1990Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Silhouette of two men planting a tree with bird perched in its branches, child kneeling beside tree.
Used for Arbor Day publications at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 drawing
Girl planting tree (3.24377)
Date: 1993Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Profile of girl with shovel next to balled and burlapped tree.
Extent: 1 drawing
People planting trees: two men planting a tree, child kneeling (3.24488)
Date: 1980 – 1990Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Silhouette of two men planting a tree with bird perched in its branches, child kneeling beside tree.
Used for Arbor Day publications at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 drawing
People planting trees: A Guide To Arbor Day Programs, front and back cover (3.24489)
Date: 1980 – 1990Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:One man planting a balled-and-burlapped tree with bird perched in its branches (image similar to drawing a, except in technique). The paper is folded in the center to show the design of the front and back cover of A Guide To Arbor Day Programs. The image is on the front cover and The Morton Arboretum logo of a tree is glued on the back cover.
Extent: 1 sheet
People planting trees: man planting a balled and burlapped tree (3.24842)
Date: 1980 – 1990Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Silhouette of man planting a balled-and-burlapped tree with bird perched in its branches.
Used for Arbor Day publications at The Morton Arboretum, including A Guide To Arbor Day Programs.
Extent: 1 drawing
Planting trees [graphic] / Clare Leighton. (3.26520)
Date: 1935Creator: Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989.
Type: Print
Extent: 1 print : wood engraving, b&w 28 x 20 cm.
Arbor Day 1872-1932 (3.31070)
Date: 1932Type: Artifact
Description:Carmine rose-colored stamp commemorating Arbor Day. Framed by two arching trees, a girl holds a sapling tree upright while a boy fills in the planting hole with a shovelful of dirt.
United States Postage across top of stamp, Two Cents across bottom.
Arbor Day at top of image, 1872-1932 at bottom of image.
Arbor Day stamp issued on April 22, 1932, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of J. Sterling Morton and the sixtieth anniversary of Arbor Day, which he founded. Arbor day was first observed in Nebraska on April 22, 1872. 100,869,300 stamps were issued in 1932.
Extent: 1 postage stamp
Arbor Day 1872-1932 [with postal marks] (3.31071)
Date: 1932Type: Artifact
Description:Carmine rose-colored stamp commemorating Arbor Day. Framed by two arching trees, a girl holds a sapling tree upright while a boy fills in the planting hole with a shovelful of dirt.
United States Postage across top of stamp, Two Cents across bottom.
Arbor Day at top of image, 1872-1932 at bottom of image.
Arbor Day stamp issued on April 22, 1932, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of J. Sterling Morton and the sixtieth anniversary of Arbor Day, which he founded. Arbor day was first observed in Nebraska on April 22, 1872. 100,869,300 stamps were issued in 1932.
Extent: 1 postage stamp
1997/04/11: Rick Hootman and Doris Taylor to George Ware et al. (3.41605)
Date: April 11 1997Creator: Hootman, Rick, Taylor, Doris
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Rick Hootman and Doris Taylor to George Ware and others briefly describing community tree planting ceremonies for several suburbs to commemorate Arbor Day. Includes two completed forms for Hinsdale and Woodridge planting ceremonies and photocopied map of Hindsdale.
Extent: 4 sheets
1997/04/22: Rick Hootman to George Ware (3.41606)
Date: April 22 1997Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Rick Hootman to George Ware explaining how an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony will be conducted in Woodridge, Illinois.
Extent: 3 sheets
1996/10/04: George Ware to Dirk Lohan (3.47518)
Date: October 4 1996Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Dirk Lohan discussing Arthurn Nolan Jr.'s interest in the elm hybrid Danada. Mr. Ware states that he will make available 15 Danada elms for the spring planting season.
Extent: 1 sheet