Portrait of Charles Henry Thompson (Professor of Horticulture), dressed in a tattered jacket and tie, and smoking a pipe for a production of "Rising of the moon." Typewritten note on back reads: "B.Sc. Kansas State Agricultural College, 1893; M.Sc. 1898. b. June 23, 1870, Turlock, Calif. Field Agent, U.S.D.A., 1893. Instructor, Shaw School of Botany, St. Louis, Mo., 1893-95. Asst. Botanist, Mo. Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, Mo., 1895-96. Instructor in Botany, Univ. of Mo., 1896-97. Research Botanist, Mo. Botanical Gardens, 1897-1900. U.S. Forest Service, 1900. Graduate work, Leland Stanford Univ., 1903-04. Head of Dept. of Succulent Plants, Mo. Botanical Gardens, 1904-12; Assistant Botanist, Mo. Botanical Gardens, 1912-15. Asst. Professor of Horticulture, M.A.C. 1915-23; Professor, 1923-." Handwritten note on back: "Photograph made January 1921. Thompson is a great amateur actor, and this photograph was made of one of his make-ups. F.A.W"
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