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- Orville John Green
1872–1938
born: Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States ; died: McPherson, Kansas, United States ; active: United States
- O.J. Green and students gardening, Pine Ridge, 1899–1904
- Where object was made: Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States
- gelatin silver print
- Object Height/Width: 12 x 17 cm
Object Height/Width: 4 3/4 x 6 11/16 in - Transfer from Central College, Orville John and Evaline Dryer Green Collection
- Not on display
- 2007.7555
- Orville John Green
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- Description
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Photograph of a man, identified as O.J.Green, kneeling in an outdoor setting and surrounded by a large group of children. The girls are wearing light colored dresses and bonnets and the boys are wearing light colored shirts, dark trousers, and dark hats. Some of the children are holding gardening tools like rakes and hoes. In the background there are several very tall trees, with sparse leaves. On the facing left edge, there is another boy or young man seated on one of the branches of a tree.