Luther Burbank with Lilac, 1925 - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Luther Burbank with Lilac, 1925

Creator (Person)

["Hayes, Edna Burbank, 1882-1908"]

Creation Date (Original)

1925

Description

Photo of Burbank standing with left hand in pcket and right touching lilac plant. Burbank is wearing suit, light tie, and dark hat. "58" written on front with cropping info. On reverse: "9", Feb. 26, 1925 stamped and Luther Burbank.

Material Type (LBH&G)

["Photograph"]

Item Format or Genre

["portraits","black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Prominent Sonoma County Residents"]

Subject (Person)

["Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

castrbhg_pho_0148

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Luther Burbank with Lilac, 1925

Creator (Person)

["Hayes, Edna Burbank, 1882-1908"]

Description

Creation Date (Original)

1925

Class

["Photograph"]

Photo Category

["Burbank"]

Photo Sub- Category

["Alone"]

Material Type (LBH&G)

["Photograph"]

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["portraits","black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

Other Physical Details

black-and-white

Item Physical Dimensions

8 x 10 inches

Local History and Culture Theme

["Prominent Sonoma County Residents"]

Subject (Person)

["Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926"]

Subject (Time Period)

1925

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Creator Note

Edna "Brownie" Burbank Hayes (Nov. 14, 1882-May 6, 1908) was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a young woman, Brownie wrote to Luther Burbank hoping that they were related (they were not). Eventually she moved from New York State to Santa Rosa where she worked as a secretary for Luther Burbank and as a caretaker for Burbank's mother. During her stay from 1906-07, Brownie kept a "Wonder Book" detailing her most exciting moments in Burbank's employ like meeting Jack and Charmian London. The "Wonder Book" was filled with photos captioned by Brownie. Her nickname is possibly a reference to the old "brownie" Kodak camera. In 1907, her former employer, Stanley W. Hayes, followed her to California and married her. After a short California honeymoon, they moved to Geneva, New York. Marie Swanson, another Luther Burbank employee and close friend, visited her there. Brownie wrote a short story entitled, "Jumbo," about a small dog owned by Burbank. In the story, she describes her admiration for "Boss". She sent Burbank a copy of the story early in 1908. It is in the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens archive today, as are several studio portraits of Brownie from this period. In 1908, Brownie died as a complication of the birth of her first child. Her son survived and treasures the "Wonder Book" as a link to a mother he never knew. Burbank described Brownie as a "friend" who brightened everyone's day. Judging from her candid photographs of Burbank and his visitors, Brownie's lively enthusiasm and playfulness affected those around her.

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Other Notes

Purchased for $17.97 from eBay. Image is torn along bottom right corner. Left corner is bent.

Credit line

Courtesy, the City of Santa Rosa and the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association

Digital Collections Identifier

castrbhg_pho_0148

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Burbankiana"]

Accession Number

10.013.0004

Other IDs

P-I-A-112

Location of Originals

Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, 204 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Physical Condition

good

Copyright Statement

Neither the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association, the City of Santa Rosa, nor the Sonoma County Library make any assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in these records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association, the City of Santa Rosa, or the Sonoma County Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association. Please contact the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association regarding additional reproduction and reuse information at: http://www.lutherburbank.org/contact-us

Project Affiliation

LBH&G Photo Digitization Project--2018

Contributing Organizations

Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association (100 Santa Rosa Ave., Room 10, Santa Rosa, CA 95404; http://www.lutherburbank.org); City of Santa Rosa (100 Santa Rosa Ave., Room 10, Santa Rosa, CA 95404; https://www.srcity.org/); Sonoma County Library (6135 State Farm Drive, Rohnert Park, CA; https://sonomalibrary.org/)

Fiscal Sponsor

City of Santa Rosa

Date Digitized

2018

Digitizing Agency

Act 3 Partners (Jack Schaefer, Tiburon, CA; http://www.act3partners.com)

Digitization Note

Scanned from original item, February 2018

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (600 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Purchase"]

Date of Acquisition

08/16/2010

Filename

castrbhg_pho_0148.jp2

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