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Sculptor Roger Noble Burnham with his portrait sculpture of botanist Luther Burbank, circa 1923

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Title: Sculptor Roger Noble Burnham with his portrait sculpture of botanist Luther Burbank, circa 1923
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1923]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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Sculptor Roger Noble Burnham, wearing a shirt, tie and apron and holding a clay modeling tool, standing next to his clay half-length sculpture of botanist Luther Burbank. The base of the sculpture is inscribed Luther Burbank.
According to a San Fernando Valley Art Club notice, 12/29/1947, the sculpture is owned by the Field Museum, Chicago.
Text from negative sleeve: Burnham, Roger Noble. Sculptor. 4 negs.
Handwritten on photograph: Sculptor, Roger Noble Burnham
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0185
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sculptors--American
Sculpture--United States
People
Arts
Burnham, Roger Noble, 1876-1962
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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