Hand painted poster by Herbert Arden Edwards, advertising a Southwest Museum lecture by Frank A. Schilling, “Folklore and Legends of Southern California Wild Flowers,” 1938. Autry Museum; 14.C.1100
Hand painted poster by Herbert Arden Edwards, advertising a Southwest Museum lecture by Frank A. Schilling, “Folklore of the Native Trees of California,” 1933. Autry Museum; 14.C.1095
Photograph by Frank A. Schilling, “Flowers of the Fouquieria Splendens,” Southern California, early 1900s. Autry Museum; LS.4415.
Book written and illustrated by Elizabeth Hallowell Saunders, California Wild Flowers: 12 Reproductions in Natural Colors From Water Color Drawings. Published in 1905. Autry Museum; 3145 James Braun.
Book written by Charles Francis Saunders, The Wild Gardens of Old California: A Presentation of Padre Juan Crespi and How He Went on a Journey; of David Douglas, the Scot, and How He Introduced the Wild Flowers of Old California into England; and Seeds of Hope for the Dim and Distant Future. Published in Los Angeles in 1936. This book featured a hollowed out rear portion of book containing five unopened seed packets. Autry Museum; 13451 BRAUN
Book written by Emory Evans Smith, The Golden Poppy, published in Palo Alto, California in 1902. Autry Museum; 891 Lummis BRAUN
Lantern slide by Frederic Hamer Maude of “A Ceanothus, aka California Lilac,” in Carmel, California, early 1900s. Autry Museum; LS.13451
Lantern slide by Frederic Hamer Maude of “A Toyon in Southern California,” early 1900s. Autry Museum; LS.12442
Lantern slide by Frederic Hamer Maude of “The ‘Witch Tree’ along the coast of Monterey, California,” early 1900s. Autry Museum; LS.13127
Lantern slide by Frederic Hamer Maude of a “Grove of redwoods in Northern California,” early 1900s. Autry Museum; LS.13856.
Lantern slide by Frederic Hamer Maude of “Wildflowers in the Mojave Desert, California,” April 1938. Autry Museum; LS.12812
Watercolor by Eva Scott Fenyes, “The Courtyard Garden at Rancho Camolus,” California, September 18, 1908. Autry Museum; FEN.219
Photograph by C.E. Lawson, a “Flowering Joshua tree in the Mojave Desert, California, early to mid-1900s. Autry Museum; P.15207
Photograph by Frederic Hamer Maude, “A Fan Palm, Pampas Grass and an Orange Tree,” in Los Angeles, California, early 1900s. Autry Museum; P.15000
Photograph of a car decorated with plants, California, circa 1900. Image looks to be decorated with Yucca whipplei (Our Lord’s Candle) and a version of Opuntia (Prickly Pear). Autry Museum; P.13315
Photograph of Harry Vroman next to wildflowers, Los Angeles County, California, Harry Vroman, 1911-1914. Autry Museum; A.184.168