Five black and white photo cards, one is 3"x6" while the other four are 5.25"x8.5". The contents of the photographs all depict either fir or spruce trees. The smallest photo card was taken by botanist Burton Orange Longyear, and three of the four larger photos were taken by botanist J.G. Lemmon. The fourth is assumed to be taken by ...
MoreFive black and white photo cards, one is 3"x6" while the other four are 5.25"x8.5". The contents of the photographs all depict either fir or spruce trees. The smallest photo card was taken by botanist Burton Orange Longyear, and three of the four larger photos were taken by botanist J.G. Lemmon. The fourth is assumed to be taken by Lemmon as well, though his signature is not included on it. John Gill (J.G.) Lemmon (c. 1830-1908) was an American Botanist, Civil War Veteran, and former prisoner of war who acquired an interest in botany while living with his family postwar. He and his wife, Sara Plummer, went on to identify a wide variety of plants in the Western United States, establish the name of Mount Lemmon, and also established an herbarium in Oakland, CA. He was known as “the botanist of the West”.Burton Orange Longyear (1868–1969) was an American botanist, forester, mycologist, and gem cutter. Longyear studied botany and chemistry at the State Agricultural College of Michigan (now Michigan State University). He taught and worked as a botanist at the college before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1903. In 1904, he became an instructor in botany and horticulture at Colorado Agricultural College (CAC), now Colorado State University.
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