"Millefiori," Albert Barnes Boardman house, Great Plains Road and Coop...
Site History. House Architecture: Hill & Stout, 1910. Landscape: Marian Cruger Coffin, 1910. Associated Name: Georgina Gertrude Bonner (Mrs. Albert B.) Boardman. Other: Also known as "Villa Mille Fiori." Today:... More
["Armsea Hall," Charles Frederick Hoffman Jr. house, Narragansett Bay,...
Site History. House Architecture: Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin, Hoppin & Koen, completed 1901. Landscape: Olmsted Brothers, 1911-1918. Associated Name: Zelia Krumbhaar (Mrs. Charles F.) Hoffman, Jr. Today: Hou... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Reproduction of print showing apiary]
Photograph of an unidentified woodcut. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also, red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston.... More
["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. View t...
Site History. House Architecture: Trowbridge & Ackerman, 1908-1913. Landscape: James Leal Greenleaf, circa 1913. Site and drive planning in "Dosoris," the Pratt family compound with houses belonging to the chil... More
[East Hampton Free Library, 159 Main Street, East Hampton, New York. E...
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Condition caution: ... More
["Bartow Mansion," International Garden Club, 895 Shore Bay Road, Pelh...
Site History. House Architecture: 1842 house renovated by Delano & Aldrich for the International Garden Club, 1914. Landscape: Delano & Aldrich, 1914. Associated Name: Zelia Krumbhaar (Mrs. Charles F.) Hoffman... More
[Reproduction of print showing Axarian Pleasure Garden, Saint Petersbu...
Photograph of a copper plate engraving, "Prospectus Horti Deliciarum Axariani," from the workshop of Giovanni Antonio Remondini, Bassano, Italy, 1780. On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New Y... More
[Reproduction of title page for Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris ...
Photograph of a title page with Garden of Eden. On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." And, red seal sticker. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and... More
["Girdle Ridge Estate of William Fahnestock Esq., Katonah, New York"]
Photograph of a plan of house and garden in the Monograph of the Work of Charles Adams Platt, New York, 1913. On slide (handwritten): "Girdle Ridge, Plan. Wm. Fahnestock, Katonah." Possibly photographed by Fran... More
[Wildflowers in bloom], Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Condition caution: unmounted slide. Note: silvering at edges. On sleeve (handwritten b... More
["The Dunes," Frank Bestow Wiborg house, Highway Behind the Pond, East...
Site History. House Architecture: Grosvenor Atterbury, 1895. Associated Name: Adleine Sherman (Mrs. Frank Bestow) Wiborg. Other: The house was on 600 acres between Hook Pond and the Atlantic Ocean. Today: House... More
["Hampton," John Ridgely house, Hampton Lane, Towson, Maryland. First ...
Site History. House Architecture: Captain Charles Ridgley and Jehu Hall, architect and master carpenter, from 1783. Landscape: Boxwood parterres designed originally by Charles Carnon Ridgely 1795-1810. Today: T... More
[Wildflowers in bloom], Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Condition caution: unmounted slide. Note: silvering at edge as if in contact with a pa... More
[Reproduction of illustration showing Hanging Gardens of Babylon]
Photograph of drawing by V. Foulquier reproduced in Arthur Mangin, Les Jardins: Histoire et Description, 1867. On slide: Red seal sticker. On slide (printed): "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). On... More
["Marshfield," George Woodward Wickersham house, Cedarhurst, New York....
Site History. House architecture: Foster, Gade & Graham. Landscape: Mary Rutherfurd Jay, 1914. Today: Garden not extant. Associated Name: Mildred Wendell (Mrs. George W) Wickersham. Photographed when Frances Be... More
["House and Garden on the Estate of Reverend Joseph Hutcheson, Warren,...
Photograph of "Villaserra" plan in the Monograph of the Work of Charles Adams Platt, New York, 1913 On slide (handwritten): "Hutcheson, Rev. Jos., Plan, Warren, R.I." Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin J... More
[Reproduction of frontispiece in Catalogue Plantarum by Thomas Fairchi...
Photograph of a frontispiece with two men and one woman in a formal garden with a border of fruits and flowers. On slide: Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date inf... More
[Reproduction of print showing Plantago plant]
Photograph of a (left) woodcut, from Gart der Gesundheit, 1485; (right) woodcut, from Leonard Fuchs, De historia stirpium, Basel, 1542 On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." Possibly p... More
[Arnold Schlaet house, Campo Point, Saugatuck, Connecticut. View from ...
Site History. House Architecture: William Bunker Tubby, begun 1911. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted and Percival Gallagher, Olmsted Brothers; from 1907-1911. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "S... More
[Bell Flower (campanula)], Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Loose lantern slide mat window in sleeve. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection ... More
[Reproduction of print showing Water wheel, Archimedian screw, and pav...
Photograph of an unidentified diagramatic engraving. On slide (handwritten): no. "196." Also, blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters,... More
[Reproduction of print showing Cosmic ash tree]
Photograph of 19th century engraving of the Yggdrasil from Finn Magnusen, Eddalaren. On slide : Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date information provided by Sam W... More
[Reproduction of print showing Riegelspeil and theater in Nymphenberg ...
Photograph of an engraving dated 1730. On slide: Red seal sticker. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johns... More
["Glendessary," Robert Cameron Rogers house, Glendessary Lane, Missio...
Site History. House Architecture: Tudor revival house of Mission Canyon stone, designed by Samuel Illsley and built in 1899 by Christopher Tornoe. Landscape: Peter Poole, stone mason, and his brother, Thomas Po... More
["Uplands," Charles Templeton Crocker house, 400 Uplands Drive, Hillsb...
Site History. House Architecture: Willis Jefferson Polk, built 1913-1915. Landscape: Willis Jefferson Polk, from 1913 on 160 acres. Other: Garden not extant, house now Crystal Springs Uplands School. Slide used... More
[James Kennedy Moffitt house, 86 Sea View Avenue, Piedmont, California...
Site History. House Architecture: Willis Jefferson Polk, built 1912. Landscape: Probably Willis Jefferson Polk. Associated Name: Pauline Fore (Mrs. James K.) Moffitt. Today: Only house extant. Pan with pipe, sc... More
["Mi Sueño," Herbert Coppell house, 1245 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena,...
Photo shows the fountain head sculpture, "Medusa," by Marie Apel. (Sculptor is identified as Apel in Country Life in America, 1923, and Reginald T. Townsend, The Book of Gardens and Gardening, 1924). Site Histo... More
[Daniel Elezer Pomeroy house, Beech Road, Englewood, New Jersey. Iris ...
Site History. House Architecture: Aymar Embury II. Landscape: Ruth Bramley Dean, circa 1915. Associated Name: Frances Morse (Mrs. Daniel E.) Pomeroy. Today: Not extant. On slide: Blue star sticker Title, date, ... More
["Allgates," Horatio Gates Lloyd house, Cooperstown Road, Haverford, P...
Site History. House Architecture: Wilson Eyre, Jr., from 1910. Landscape: Olmsted Brothers, 1911-1915. Associated Name: Mary Helen Wingate (Mrs. Horatio G.) Lloyd. Additions to garden by Ferrucio Vitale from 19... More
["Willowbank," Joseph Coleman Bright house, 624 Morris Avenue, Bryn Ma...
Site History. House Architecture: John Irwin Bright. Landscape: Anna Linn Bright, 1911. Today: House extant. On slide: Blue star sticker. On slide (printed), partially obscured by tape: Red outline flower desi... More
["Willowbank," Joseph Coleman Bright house, 624 Morris Avenue, Bryn Ma...
Site History. House Architecture: John Irwin Bright. Landscape: Anna Linn Bright, 1911. Today: House extant. On slide (handwritten): "J.C. Bright." Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, ... More
[Turtle Bay Gardens, 227-247 East 48th Street and 228-246 East 49th St...
Site History. House Architecture: Edward Clarence Dean and William Lawrence Bottomley, 1919-1920. Landscape: Edward Clarence Dean and William Lawrence Bottomley, 1919-1920. Charlotte Bronson Hunnewell Sorchan, ... More
["Flagstones," Charles Clinton Marshall house, 117 West 55th Street, N...
Site History. Landscape: Abby Story (Mrs. Charles C.) Marshall. Other: This garden was comprised of three lots at 117 and 119 West 55th Street, owned by Charles Clinton Marshall who lived at 117. At the 1922 Ci... More
["Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexi...
Site History. House Architecture: Twelve townhouses designed by John B. Snook, 1868, and remodeled by Edward Shepard Hewitt and William Emerson, 1919. Landscape: Edward Shepard Hewitt and William Emerson. Other... More
[White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Southeast gar...
Site History. House Architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: Beatrix Jones Farrand, planted fall 1913; Charles Henlock, head gardener. Other: Garden designed for Ellen Axson (Mrs. Thomas Wood... More
[Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New Yor...
Site History. Landscape: Laura Stafford Stewart. Other: Laura Stafford Stewart was the wife of John Wood Stewart, deceased June, 1922. Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 City Gardens Club of Ne... More
[Gramercy Park, between East 20th and East 21st Streets east of Park A...
Site History. Park created in 1831 by Samuel B. Ruggels, managed by the Gramercy Park Association. Today: Park extant. Photo shows display of photographs, possibly taken by Charles I. Berg, architect and photog... More
["Thornewood," Chester Thorne house, Lakewood, Washington. View to hou...
Site History. House Architecture: Kirtland Kelsey Cutter, built 1909-1911. Landscape: James Frederick Dawson and John Charles Olmsted, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1913. Today: Preserved as Thornewood Castle Inn and ... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified house. Federal style door]
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Condition caution: ... More
[Villa Bel Riposo, San Domenico, Tuscany, Italy. Pergola steps]
Site history. Associated Name: Leonardo Bruni. Other: George Gregory Smith owned this villa in 1925. Also known as Villa La Fante. Today: Private house and garden restored, used for the Max Webber Programme. On... More
[Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. Staircase]
Site History. House Architecture: Pirro Ligorio, 1560-1575. Landscape: Pirro Ligorio. Associated Name: Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este. Today: Public site. On slide: Yellow-gold star sticker. On slide (printed): "E... More
[Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Water theater]
Site history. Landscape: Girolamo Fontana, Carlo Maderno, and Flaminio Ponzio, seventeenth century. Also, Scipione Borghese. Other: Also known as the Villa Conti. Today: Gardens are a public park. On slide: Yel... More
[Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. Waterfall and pools]
Site History. House Architecture: Pirro Ligorio and Tommaso Ghinucci, 1550-1575. Landscape: Pirro Ligorio and Tommaso Ghinucci. Also, Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este. Today: Public site. On slide (printed): "Edwa... More
["Planting Fields" William Robertson Coe house, 1395 Planting Fields R...
Site History. House Architecture: Walker & Gillette, 1918-1921. Landscape: James Frederick Dawson, Olmsted Brothers, from 1918, overall design. Tea house garden and tea house, Andrew Robeson Sargent and Guy Low... More
["Chatham," Colonel Daniel Bradford Devore house, 120 Chatham Lane, Fr...
Site History. House Architecture: Originally built by William Fitzhugh 1768-1771, restored, with changes, by Oliver H. Clark for Daniel Bradford Devore, from 1920. Landscape: Ellen Biddle Shipman, from 1922. Da... More
["Stratford Hall," 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland Count...
Site History. House Architecture: Unknown architect, built 1730s. Other: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee. Today: House preserved as historic site by the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, which purchased the prope... More
[Oak Cottage, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Porch and side wing]
Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date based on same image in the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, LC-J7-VA-2590, with additional information from Sam Watters, 2011. For... More
[Marmion, Comorn vicinity, King George County, Virginia. Panelled cupb...
Photo shows Carter Grymes House, interior with fireplace and open cupboard containing glass and metal dinnerware. Site History. Built circa 1758 for Fitzhugh family. Today: National Register of Historic Places.... More
Salle de lecture des livres rare
Lantern slide showing the rare book reading room at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques da... More
Le livre est enregistré sur la "shelf-list" sous son numéro de classem...
Lantern slide showing a page of handwritten entries in the shelflist log for books at the Library of Congress, including the book about Napoleon. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit pre... More
Arrivée du livre à la grande salle de lecture
Lantern slide showing the book about Napoleon arriving at the Main Reading Room from the conveyor system at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the... More
Woman seated in wheelbarrow pushed by men
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Goldi hunter on skis on ice, holding long spear
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Tientsin - women and children going to railroad sta.
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
[Villa La Pietra, via Bolognese, 120, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Entran...
Site History. House Architecture: First half 16th century, purchased by Arthur Acton 1907. Landcape: Arthur and Hortense Mitchell Acton. Other: Arthur and Hortense Mitchell Acton owned the villa in 1925. Also k... More
["House of Usefulness" schoolhouse, National Cash Register Company, Da...
Site History. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecturing on city and suburban gardens." On slide (handwritten): "NCR 1A." Also, blue star sticker. On slide (printed): "Property of National Cash Register Co."... More
[Michael Cochrane Armour house, 962 Linda Vista Avenue, Pasadena, Cali...
Site History. House Architecture: John Constantine Hillman, begun ca. 1912. Landscape: Robert Gordon Fraser and/or Thomas Chisholm, landscape gardeners from 1910. Associated Name: Minnie Huggins (Mrs. Michael C... More
[Samuel Knopf house, Lawrence, New York Flower garden]
Site History. House Architecture: Built circa 1907. Today: House and garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "K" and "Knopf, Saml., Lawrence., L.I." Also, blue star sticker. Photographed when Frances Benjami... More
[George Fisher Baker house, Tuxedo Park, New York. Bridge]
Site History. House Architecture: James Brown Lord, 1887 for Pierre Lorillard, acquired by George Fisher Baker in 1895. Landscape: Clarence Fowler, circa 1912. Today: House but not garden extant. On slide (hand... More
["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...
Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, 1897. Landscape: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill. Other: Robert C. Hill acquired the house and four acres and half in 1913; Edith Bouvier Beale owned ... More
["The Fens," Lorenzo Easton Woodhouse house, Huntting Lane, East Hampt...
Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, by 1903. Landscape: Maurice Collins, gardener. Associated Name: Mary Kennedy (Mrs. Lorenzo E.) Woodhouse. Today: House and garden not extant. On slide (... More
["Willowmere," Rear Admiral Aaron Ward house, 435 Bryant Avenue, Rosly...
Site History. House Architecture: Circa 1770 house, inherited in 1882 by Elizabeth Cairns Ward, expanded to a Colonial Revival house late 19th, early 20th century. Landscape: Rear Admiral Aaron Ward. Also, Eli... More
[Dr. Peter Brown Wyckoff house, Gin Lane, Southampton, New York. Flowe...
Site History. House Architecture: Barney & Chapman, built circa 1900. Landscape: Hicks Nursery, Jericho, New York, circa 1900. Associated Name: Cora Dillon (Mrs. Peter B.) Wyckoff. Other: Later known as "Wooldo... More
["The Elms," Edward Julius Berwind, 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhod...
Site History. House Architecture: Horace Trumbauer, 1899-1901, 1911. Landscape: Horace Trumbauer, 1907-1914. Gardener: Bruce Butterton. Today: Open to the public as a house and garden museum by the Preservation... More
["Welwyn," Harold Irving Pratt house, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Co...
Site History. House Architecture: Georgian revival house by Babb, Cook & Welsh, 1904-1906, with alterations by Delano & Aldrich, mid-1910s. Landscape: Martha Brookes Brown Hutcheson and James Leal Greenleaf, 19... More
["Weld," Larz Anderson house, 151 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachuse...
Site History. House Architecture: Little & Browne changes to existing house, from 1899. Landscape: Italian Garden Charles Adams Platt, planted and built, late 1899 or 1900-1901. Temple Architect: Little & Brown... More
["Oakland Farm," Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt house, East Main Road, Ports...
Site History. The farm was developed by Sarah Gibbs, daughter of a China trade merchant, then owned by August Belmont who sold it to Cornelius Vanderbilt II in 1887. On lantern slide mount: handwritten note "V"... More
["Willowmere," Rear Admiral Aaron Ward house, 435 Bryant Avenue, Rosly...
Site History. House Architecture: Circa 1770 house, inherited in 1882 by Elizabeth Cairns Ward, expanded to a Colonial Revival house late 19th, early 20th century. Landscape: Rear Admiral Aaron Ward. Associated... More
["Red Maples," Mrs. Rosina Sherman Hoyt House, Southampton, New York. ...
Site History. House Architecture: Hiss & Weeks from 1908. Landscape: Ferruccio Vitale, 1908-1913. Today: House and garden not extant On slide (handwritten): "H" and "Hoyt." Photographed when Frances Benjamin Jo... More
["Ballyshear," Charles Blair MacDonald house, Shinnecock Hills, Southa...
Site History. House Architecture: Francis Burrall Hoffman, Jr., completed 1913. Landscape: Rose Standish Nichols, completed 1913, and Seth Jay Raynor. Today:: House extant with changes, grardens not extant. On ... More
["As You Like It," James Harper Poor House, 181 Main Street, East Hamp...
Site History. Architecture: James Greenwood Thorp, from 1911; Arts and Crafts Style house for New York textile merchant James Harper Poor. Today: The Baker House 1650 Inn with some garden features extant. Same ... More
[Reproduction of illustration showing a garden fountain]
Photograph of an illustration, probably Spain, early 20th century. On slide (handwritten): "O (?)" or "G (?)" in a gold-edged seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and s... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Reproduction of print showing Flowers]
Photograph of an engraving from John Hill, Garden Eden, or A Compleat Body of Gardening..., London, 1757. On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." Possibly photographed by Frances Benjam... More
[East Hampton Free Library, 159 Main Street, East Hampton, New York. O...
Site History. Architecture: Library designed by Amar Embury II, completed 1912. Landscape: Ruth Bramley Dean. Today: Library extant. On slide: Blue star sticker, red star sticker, and red seal sticker. Photogra... More
["Hampton," John Ridgely house, Hampton Lane, Towson, Maryland. South ...
Site History. House Architecture: Captain Charles Ridgley and Jehu Hall, architect and master carpenter, from 1783. Landscape: Boxwood parterres designed originally by Charles Carnon Ridgely 1795-1810. Today: T... More
[Reproduction of illustrations: "Piggiwiggia Pyramadalis" and "Bottlef...
Photograph of an illustration in Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, London, 1871. On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." Possibly photographed by Frances Benja... More
["Hampton," John Ridgely house, Hampton Lane, Towson, Md. North façade...
Site History. House Architecture: Captain Charles Ridgley and Jehu Hall, architect and master carpenter, from 1783. Landscape: Boxwood parterres designed originally by Charles Carnon Ridgely 1795-1810. Today: T... More
["Burrwood," Walter Jennings house, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Sunk...
Site History. House Architecture: Carrère & Hastings, 1898-1900 with changes in 1915. Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted and Olmsted Brothers, from 1895, worked from 1915-1916 at time of additions to house; Hicks... More
[Francis Burrall Hoffman house, Southampton, New York. Lily pool]
On slide (handwritten): "H" and "Hoffman, B.F. [sic]." Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards Hewitt worked together. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. ... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - ["Woodston, Mt. Kisco, New York"]
Photograph of a plan of the Marshall Slade house and garden in the Monograph of the Work of Charles Adams Platt, New York, 1913. On slide (handwritten): "Slade, M.P., Mt. Kisco. Plan Woodston." Possibly photogr... More
[Reproduction of illustration showing an enclosed garden]
Photograph of an illumination from Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de La Rose, late 15th century, Haarlem mss. 4425, British Museum. On slide: Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benj... More
["Black Point," Colonel Henry Huttleston Rogers, Jr., Gin Lane and Old...
Site History. House Architecture: Walker & Gillette, 1914-1915. Landscape: Olmsted Brothers, 1914-1915. Lewis & Valentine, New York, N.Y. Company. Associated Name:, Mary Benjamin (Mrs. Henry H.) Rogers, Jr. Tod... More
Genthe collection - Elizabeth Duncan dancers
Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: LC-G39-1352-048 (vd# 464)
["Brookside," William Hall Walker house, Brookside Road, Great Barring...
Site History. House architecture: Carrère & Hastings, 1910 with 1912 alterations and additions for William Hall Walker. Landscape: Garden casino and garden by Ferruccio Vitale, 1912-1918. Associated Name: Carri... More
["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, C...
Site History. House Architecture: Italianate mission style house by Ralph Radcliffe-Whitehead, built by Christopher Tornoe and expanded by E. Russell Ray in 1911 for George Owen Knapp. Landscape: Francis Towns... More
["Hammersmith Farm," Hugh Dudley Auchincloss house, Harrison Avenue, N...
Site History. House Architecture: Originally built for John W. Auchincloss, 1887. Landscape: James Frederick Dawson and Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers 1909-1910. Associated Name: Emma Jennings (Mrs. Hugh... More
["El Mirador," J. Ogden Armour house, Cold Springs Road, Montecito, Ca...
Site History. Landscape: Charles Frederick Eaton. Associated name: Lolita Armour. Other: This reservoir, also known as the "lake," was a feaure of "Riso Rivo," the house and garden of Charles Frederick Eaton, w... More
["El Cerritto," Edward Larned Ryerson Jr. house, Hot Springs Road, San...
Site History. House architecture: Joseph L. Curletti, begun 1913. Landscape: Otto Niedermuller. Associated Name: Nora Butler [Mrs. Edward L.] Ryerson, Jr. Today: House extant with extensive changes. Slide used ... More
["Glen Oaks," James Hobart Moore house, East Valley Road, Montecito, C...
Site History. House Architecture: Unknown, possibly Stanford White. Landscape: W. Stanley Davis, gardener until 1916. Associated Name: Lora Small (Mrs. James H.) Moore. Other: James Hobart Moore acquired the ho... More
["Hammersmith Farm," Hugh Dudley Auchincloss house, Harrison Avenue, N...
Site History. House Architecture: Originally built for John W. Auchincloss, 1887. Landscape: James Frederick Dawson and Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers 1909-1910. Associated Name: Emma Jennings (Mrs. Hugh... More
["Villa Rose," Joseph Donahoe Grant house, 2260 Redington Road, Hillsb...
Site History. House Architecture: Lewis Parsons Hobart, completed 1912. Landscape: Lewis Parsons Hobart and Edith Macleay (Mrs. Joseph D.) Grant, completed 1912. Other: Later called "Strawberry Hill." Today: Ho... More
[Wellington Stanley Morse house, 450 South San Rafael Avenue, San San ...
Site History. House Architecture: Reginald Davis Johnson, built 1919. Landscape: Paul George Thiene, 1919. Associated Name: Cora Dorr (Mrs. Wellington S.) Morse. Today: House extant, garden redesigned. Title, d... More
[Myron Hunt house, 200 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. Fount...
Site History. House Architecture: Myron Hunt, 1905. Landscape: Myron Hunt, from 1905. Today: Garden not extant; house is a private residence. Slide used with lecture "California Gardens." On slide: Blank sticke... More
[Hartsdale Train Station, Hartsdale, Bronx, New York Garden party]
Site History. Also known as "Floralia" and "Flower Fete," the event was on five acres with an exhibition of flowers, vegetables and garden sculpture. Mrs. Charles Wellford Leavitt was the director and Gertrude ... More
[The Touchstone Garden, 118-120 East 30th Street, New York, New York P...
Site History. Landscape: George E. Fowler, architect for The Touchstone magazine; Eloise Roorbach, garden editor of The Touchstone magazine, from 1917. Hartmann-Sanders supplied the arbor. Other: This was the ... More
["Thornedale," Oakleigh Thorne house, Millbrook, New York. Lawn terrac...
Site History. House Architecture: Federal revival house built 1849, with later additions. Landscape: Helen Stafford (Mrs. Oakleigh) Thorne, from 1908. Other: Oakleigh Thorne was W.O.S. Thorne. Today: House exta... More
[Unidentified garden. Pathway along a stream]
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Printed on slide: 176 Fulton Street, New York City. (Slide manufacturer: T.H. McAllister-Keller Co.) Forms part of: Garden and historic house ... More
["Chailey," Charles William Moseley house, Newburyport, Massachusetts....
Site History. House Architecture: Built by Charles William Moseley, circa 1915. On slide: Gold star sticker and blue star sticker. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part ... More
[George Hoadly Ingalls house, 154 East 78th Street, New York, New York...
Site History. Landscape: Katherine Hinkle (Mrs. George H.) Ingalls. Other: Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 City Gardens Club of New York City photograph exhibition at the New York Camera Clu... More
[George Hoadly Ingalls house, 154 East 78th Street, New York, New York...
Site History. Associated Name: Katherine Hinkle (Mrs. George H.) Ingalls. Other: Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 City Gardens Club of New York City photograph exhibition at the New York Came... More