Stoneless Prune Opened, Luther Burbank Gardens, Santa Rosa, California - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Stoneless Prune Opened, Luther Burbank Gardens, Santa Rosa, California

Creator (Person)

["Keil, J. B. (Joseph B.), 1884-1968"]

Creation Date (Original)

between 1950 and 1959

Description

Photo of stoneless prune pasted on blue sheet with caption. Same comments written on reverse in fine pen.

Material Type (LBH&G)

["Photograph"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Agriculture, Rural Life and Fisheries"]

Subject (Person)

["Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926--Miscellanea"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

castrbhg_pho_2172

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Stoneless Prune Opened, Luther Burbank Gardens, Santa Rosa, California

Creator (Person)

["Keil, J. B. (Joseph B.), 1884-1968"]

Description

Photo of stoneless prune pasted on blue sheet with caption. Same comments written on reverse in fine pen.

Creation Date (Original)

between 1950 and 1959

Class

["Photograph"]

Photo Category

["Burbank Work"]

Photo Sub- Category

["Fruit"]

Material Type (LBH&G)

["Photograph"]

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

Other Physical Details

black-and-white

Item Physical Dimensions

5 x 3 1/2 inches

Local History and Culture Theme

["Agriculture, Rural Life and Fisheries"]

Subject (Person)

["Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926--Miscellanea"]

Subject (Time Period)

1950 - 1959

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Creator Note

J. B. Keil (1884-1968) was a Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchard Co. nurseryman who worked with the Luther Burbank legacy. After Burbank's death in 1926, his Experiment Farm fell into some disrepair, so in 1931, his distributors and partners, Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co., sent emissaries to retrieve the most promising fruit, nut and ornamental shrubs, and in 1931 sold the flowers, vegetables and seeds to Burpee Seed Co. Joseph B. Keil (known as J. B.) came from Stark Bro's to coordinate the efforts and worked there from 1931 to 1934. Over the following years, Elizabeth worked with the Stark brothers to patent 16 Burbank fruits and flowers. The patents name Luther Burbank, deceased, as "inventor" by Elizabeth Waters Burbank, executrix of his estate. In 1935, Stark ended the agreement with Mrs. Burbank (or vice versa). Mrs. Burbank then dispersed the majority of the gardens for subdivision. She sold the remaining property (excluding the house and greenhouse) to the Santa Rosa Junior College for use as a training ground. This lasted until 1954. During this period, J. B. Keil stayed on as caretaker). He continued working with the gardens and took numerous photographs in hopes of using them as plates for a planned book, but the manuscript was never completed.

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Other Notes

Purchased from Sutton Books. $4,000 for the lot. Also found in Wonder Worker of Science #1 Century Mag. 05.19.01.

Credit line

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

Digital Collections Identifier

castrbhg_pho_2172

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

09.013.0023

Other IDs

P-II-B-040

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

08/15/2009

Filename

castrbhg_pho_2172.jp2

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