Group Photograph with Leon Snyder in the center of the photo. Snyder was head of Horticulture at the University of Minnesota 1953-1970, and one of the founders of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. On Snyder's left is Madelyn Bezat, 3rd president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Minnesota, 1961-1963.
Portrait of Kermit A. Olson. He was a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a major in horticultural science. Following graduation, he became superintendent of the Soil Conservation Service Nursery at Winona. After four years of military service during World War II�in the South Pacific with the 303rd Air Force�he served as the landscape consultant for the Veteran�s Administration, and the manager of the Grandview Seed Store in Edina, the Farm Store in Excelsior, and the Danish Seed Store in Minneapolis. At the time of his death, he was head horticulturist at the Veteran�s Administration Hospital in Minneapolis.
An unidentified woman sits in her backyard surrounded by chickens. An unidentified man stands on a ramp next to large crates in the background. The boxes are likely for salvage. Chickens were kept in the yard to help feed the family.
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A group of early members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Lower row: A. Wilfort, E.R. Pond, Oliver Gibbs, Martin Panning, W. L. Taylor. Upper row: Frank Yahuke, S. Richardson, A. J. Philips, J. R. Cummings.