Photograph
Walter E. Scott
| Walter Scott (1911-1983) posing in front of the gnarled trunk of a box elder tree at his home, Hickory Hill House. Scott was employed by the Wisconsin Department of Conservation, and later by the Department of Natural Resources, for many years. From 1946 until his retirement in 1974, he maintained the records of the "big tree program" which listed the largest trees in the state. |
| Image ID: | 128249 |
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| Creation Date: | 1979 |
| Creator Name: | Hoffmann, B. Wolfgang |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | R. Bruce Allison photographs, undated |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 7049.1.5 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5.x.9 inches |
| This image was published in Allison's 1982 book Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees, p. 114, and in the 2005 second edition of that book, retitled Every Root an Anchor, p.104. The image also appears in Scott's introduction to Allison's 1980 book Wisconsin's Champion Trees, p. viii. |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portrait photography |
| Civil service |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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