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Clifton Johnson and John Burroughs Online Exhibit Flyer.pdf
A flyer for the 'In the Catskills' exhibit displayed in the Jones Library Special Collections from May to June 2016.

johnson_clifton_hand_sprays_the_grapevines.jpg
A man sprays the grapevines. Caption on reverse reads "New York West Park. Hand sprays the grapevines."

johnson_clifton_mending_the_pasture_fence.jpg
A man repairs a fence, axe in hand. Caption on reverse reads "NY Crown Point Spring- mending the pasture fence."

johnson_clifton_an_old_apple_tree.jpg
John Burroughs stands next to a gnarled tree. Caption on reverse reads "an old apple tree that the birds frequented on land adjacent to that owned by Burroughs."

johnson_clifton_eliza_burroughs_holding_two_pails.jpg
Eliza Burroughs stands outside the homestead with two pails. Caption on reverse reads "Catskills Roxburry Going a-milking. The stones --- on the terrace of the old farm house of John Burroughs.

johnson_clifton_eliza_burroughs_and_her_flowers.jpg
Eliza Burroughs, wife of Curtis Burroughs stands near a flower garden, a cat at her feet.

johnson_clifton_catskills_washing_pans_and_pails.jpg
Eliza Burroughs, wife of Curtis Burroughs, washes pans and pails in the yard outside her home.

johnson_clifton_burroughs_by_the_pond.jpg
John Burroughs sits by the pond holding a hat in his hand.

johnson_clifton_on_the_way_to_slabsides.jpg
John Burroughs stands on a dirt trail holding a basket and thermos. Caption on reverse reads "On the way to Slabsides to spend the night. The gloom in the background is an evergreen thicket."

johnson_clifton_burroughs_new_york_schoolroom_in_catskills.jpg
A teacher stands by a student seated at a desk with two students at the desk in front of her. Caption on reverse reads "New York : A schoolroom corner in the Catskills. John Burroughs studied in one of these desks in boyhood"

johnson_clifton_cows_graze_by_stone_wall.jpg
Four cows graze in a pasture behind a low stone wall. Hills are seen in the distance. Caption on reverse reads "A catskill region of mountain farms, where John Burroughs was born in 1837."

johnson_clifton_a_roxburry_trout_brook.jpg
A log lays over a small brooks waterfall. Caption on reverse reads "New York Catskills A Catskills waterfall and troutbrook that attracted Burroughs to them In his youth."

johnson_clifton_a_swamp_no_longer.jpg
A figure stands in a field, with two crates in their hands. Caption on reverse reads "a swamp no more."

johnson_clifton_a_wayside_pond_near_slabside.jpg
John Burroughs stands looking out over a pond. Caption on reverse reads "A wayside pond near slabsides. Burroughs just naturally stopped there on a hot day, Lastly to rest, but more to find out what was going on amoung the creatures of the woodland…

johnson_clifton_burroughs_stops_for_directions.jpg
John Burroughs stands speaking to a woman in a dorrway. Caption on reverse reads "Burroughs, on a Catskills walking trip, stops at a farmhouse to ask directions."
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