Minnesota State Horticultural Society officers Nathan Siegel and Glenn Ray greet Gov. Rudy Perpich as he arrives at the 1977 Minnesota State Horticultural Society convention banque.t
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.
Portrait of Roger. S. Mackintosh, 14th President of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society 1918-1919. He was Extension Horticulturist, Market Gardening Instructor and Extension and Exhibit Specialist at the University of Minnesota and editor of the Minnesota Horticulturist.
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.
A group of members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Upper row, 2nd from left is A. W. Latham. Lower row left to right: 2nd is R. J. Cummings, 3rd is J.M. Underwood, 4th is W. W. Pendergast, 6th is H. H. Heins. 1st and 5th are unidentified.
Portrait of Professor William Robertson, early horticulturist and superintendent of the Northwest Experiment Farm, Crookston, and developer of a school of agriculture for that part of Minnesota.
A group of unidentified Minnesota Horticulturists at the annual meeting of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society in 1898. They are standing in front of the Minneapolis Courthouse.
Group photo of members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, Row 1: Prof. W.M.Hays, A.W.Latham, R.L.H Jewett, Clarence Wedge, S. Hilliman, J.M.Undersood, A.H.Heins. Row 2: Wyman Elliot, J Grimes, W W Pendergast, Wm ?, J.L.Harris, Wm. Mackintosh, D. Akin. Row 3: E.W.Randall, J.R.Cummings, E.R.Pond, H.?, W. Liggett, J.H. Bass, L. Hoyt, John Cooper.
Portrait of Professor William Robertson, early horticulturist and superintendent of the Northwest Experiment Farm, Crookston, and developer of a school of agriculture for that part of Minnesota.
Truman Smith, early member of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Smith and his family came to St. Paul in 1851 from Vermont. He became a fruit and vegetable grower in 1858 after real estate and marble ventures. He was elected president of the Minnesota State Horticultual Society in 1873, the year the society became open to women members, and remained president until 1878. He was reelected in 1884-1885.