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![The sack of the Blair Mansion - Rebels carousing near the garden vase ["near Washington"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXNhY2stb2YtdGhlLWJsYWlyLW1hbnNpb24tcmViZWxzLWNhcm91c2luZy1uZWFyLXRoZS1nYXJkZW4tdmFzZS1uZWFyLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/253/jpg "The sack of the Blair Mansion - Rebels carousing near the garden vase [\"near Washington\"]")
![["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Flower garden]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYva2lsbGVud29ydGgtZ2VvcmdlLWR1cG9udC1wcmF0dC1ob3VzZS1nbGVuLWNvdmUtbmV3LXlvcmstZmxvd2VyLWdhcmRlbi00ZTU4NDMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[\"Killenworth,\" George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Flower garden]")
![["Cliveden," Viscount Waldorf Astor house, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Long garden]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvY2xpdmVkZW4tdmlzY291bnQtd2FsZG9yZi1hc3Rvci1ob3VzZS10YXBsb3ctYnVja2luZ2hhbXNoaXJlLWVuZ2xhbmQtbG9uZy1nYXJkZW4tMi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[\"Cliveden,\" Viscount Waldorf Astor house, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Long garden]")
![[Canal ("Washington Canal"), Washington, D.C. Longitudinal section - upper gates, lock floor plan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvY2FuYWwtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1jYW5hbC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWxvbmdpdHVkaW5hbC1zZWN0aW9uLXVwcGVyLWdhdGVzLWxvY2stMzcxNjhjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/43/webp "[Canal (\"Washington Canal\"), Washington, D.C. Longitudinal section - upper gates, lock floor plan]")
![[Whittemore House, Washington, D.C. - interior of parlor, showing decorations]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvd2hpdHRlbW9yZS1ob3VzZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWludGVyaW9yLW9mLXBhcmxvci1zaG93aW5nLWRlY29yYXRpb25zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Whittemore House, Washington, D.C. - interior of parlor, showing decorations]")
