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John Burroughs on the Steps at Wyndygoul, Cos Cob, Connecticut, August 1905
Ernest Thompson Seton1905
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and writer who became incensed by the glowing reviews of writings like Ernest Thompson Seton's Wild Animals I Have Known, which he believed blurred the line between fact and fiction. Seton, feeling his reputation was at stake, invited Burroughs to his country estate, Wyndygoul, for an in-person conversation. Seton took this photograph.
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- Title: John Burroughs on the Steps at Wyndygoul, Cos Cob, Connecticut, August 1905
- Creator: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
- Date: 1905-08
- Date Created: 1905
- Location: United States, Connecticut, Cos Cob
- Subject Keywords: Burroughs, John, 1837-1921, Wyndygoul (Cos Cob, Conn.), Wildlife refuges, Photographic prints, Photographs, Portraits
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: 29.1764.3
- Image ID: THF113974
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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