1915 Engraving Frank M. Burroughs IL Insurance Manager - ORIGINAL IL1 CELEBRITY "A Miracle of Irrigation" This

"A Miracle of Irrigation" This is an original 1918 sepia photogravure of a farm scene in Uncompahgre Valley

The last picture is a sideboard executed in mahogany any veneer on pine

This is an original 1885 monochrome in-text wood engraving of the Mata Mata freshwater turtle common to South America specifically in the Amazon and Orinoco basins

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1915 Engraving Frank M. Burroughs IL Insurance Manager - ORIGINAL IL1 CELEBRITY "A Miracle of Irrigation" ThisF. M. Burroughs. This is an original 1915 black and white engraving of Frank M. Burroughs, Insurance Manager. He was born in Wayland, N. Y. in 1851. He was educated in Illinois University, Champaign, Illinois. In 1890, he moved to Chicago and became Manager of the Farm Branch of the Phoenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, N. Y. Period Paper has obtained an unusual collection of engravings of Illinois movers and shakers from the 1800's and 1900's. These