Virginia Apgar with the Apgar orchid

Digital Record

Identifier: ms0504-33-18-8-1

Staff Only

Digital Object (still_image)

Dates

1961

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Virginia Apgar Papers (LD 7082.18 Apgar)

Existence and Location of Originals

Series 18: Photographs, ca. 1912-1974.; Box 33; Folder 8

Dimensions

25 cm x 20 cm

General Note

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General Note

In 1961, Harold Patterson, a New Jersey orchid cultivator, named a new breed of orchid in honor of Virginia Apgar. Apgar, an avid gardener, was delighted.

Processing Information

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Subjects

photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Linked Records

Virginia Apgar papers | Photographs, ca. 1919-1974

Repository Details

Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository

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