Constellation figures: Pegasus (3.34337)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster depicting a drawing of the constellation figure Pegasus the winged horse, including some of the stars within the constellation pattern.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: figure and trees on a slope (3.34264)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a figure in a cap pointing to a group of trees on a slope.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: family (3.34257)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting what appears to be a family of five out for the day, including a mother, a father, and three children, one of whom is pointing and pulling the group toward the left as they all hold hands.
Extent: 1 slide
Constellation figures: Taurus (3.34334)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster depicting a drawing of the constellation figure Taurus the bull, including some of the stars within the constellation pattern and the Pleiades star cluster. The brightest star in Taurus, Aldebaran, is indicated with a red-colored star shape. The poster appears to be attached to a display board with pushpins.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: figure with five trees (3.34261)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting someone with their arms outstretched in front of what appears to be five different types of stylized trees.
Extent: 1 slide
Outdoor sketch class (3.34174)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An watercolor painting from an art class at the Morton Arboretum, depicting a person sketching outdoors while seated in a chair. A display board with what appears to be other paintings or sketches is visible to the left of the figure.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts sketching near Mexico City, Mexico (3.37087)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts sits on a large rock while she appears to be sketching or writing under a large tree near Mexico City, Mexico. An unidentified person is seated at the base of the tree, also writing or sketching.
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
Stick figure sketch: young naturalist (3.34265)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a young girl with braids holding a leaf in one hand and a guidebook or map in the other.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: building a model (3.34258)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting what appears to someone putting together a display of a house and lawn, possibly a landscaping model.
Extent: 1 slide
Constellation figures: Auriga (3.34335)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster depicting a drawing of the constellation figure Auriga the charioteer, including some of the stars within the constellation pattern. The figure is shown in a seated position, holding the reins of his chariot in one hand and a goat and her two kids in the other. The poster apppears to be attached to a display board with pushpins.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: naturalist (3.34262)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting someone sitting on a small hill, examining a flower through a magnifying glass.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: painter (3.34255)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a figure sitting at an easel with a paintbrush in one hand and a painter's palette in the other while observing a tree.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: chewing gum (3.34266)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a young boy who appears to be chewing gum and blowing a bubble while pointing to what may be a sapling.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: gardener (3.34259)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a gardener with a shovel next to a row of potted plants and a planter box, while contemplating a plant "equation" in the depicting in the images in the row above.
Extent: 1 slide
Constellation figures: Cygnus and Lyra (3.34336)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster depicting drawings of the constellation figures Cygnus the swan and Lyra the harp, including some of the stars within each constellation pattern. The image is slightly cut-off on the right side.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: student naturalists (3.34263)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting two students. One student is shown peering though binoculars, while the other student refers to a guidebook or pamphlet in one hand while holding binoculars in the other.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: reader (3.34256)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting a figure sitting at table in a library while reading a book.
Extent: 1 slide
Constellation figures: Aquila and Delphinus (3.34333)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A poster depicting drawings of the constellation figures Aquila the eagle and Delphinus the dolphin, including some of the stars within each constellation pattern. The poster appears to be proped on a display board and is partially covered at the bottom.
Extent: 1 slide
Stick figure sketch: the effect of cattle grazing (3.34260)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stick figure sketch created by May T. Watts for The Morton Arboretum, depicting the effects of cattle grazing on tree growth in five stages. At stage 5, a figure appears to be observing the process and taking notes.
Extent: 1 slide