gardens

Thipian with its oasis-like gardens, Mt. Sinai

Photograph shows armed men looking out over valley and mountains. J177968 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken from the summit of Gebel Tahuna (Hererat El Kebir or the mountain of the mill), where the palm g... More

Paris, the Luxembourg Gardens - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Francois, E.

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, Aug...

Broadside announcing Charles Green's ascension in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens, London. Includes a picture of passengers in a balloon basket. At head of title: Under the direct patronage of Her Ma... More

Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens .....

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension at night by Richard Gypson from the Royal Standard Tavern, England, on June 3, 1839. In addition, "Mr. Blanchard, a descendant of the celebrated Mons. Blanchar... More

Higurashi no sato jiin no rinsen Andō Hiroshige

Print shows sightseers walking among the blossoming trees in the temple gardens at Nippori. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the s... More

Indian Mound in Monument Gardens, Chattanooga

Photograph shows a group of men, most in uniform, in front of the Indian mound near Chattanooga. No. B1285. Hand written on verso: "Miller VIII, 219". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Casino parterre]

Site History. House Architecture: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola, 1568-1600. Landscape: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola. Associated Names: Tomaso Ghinucci, fontaniere, and Giovanni Francesco Gambara, 1... More

[One part of the Imperial Garden at Yıldız]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river, water stream, lake or pond, park or forest, natural landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Conservatory in the White House]

Public domain historic photograph of White House, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newark Castle and Gardens view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Great Britain and Ireland. Newark Castle. And Gardens." Print no. "11455." Purchase; Detroit Pu... More

[Fountain Gardens, Paisley, Scotland] view, photochrome print postcard...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "13149". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

[Monte Carlo Casino, gardens, Monaco (Riviera)]

"1208" written in pencil on the back of the print. Title from identifying information provided by the Flickr Commons project, 2009. (Print not listed in the Detroit Publishing Company, Catalogue J, 1905.) Addit... More

Kairo, Sagoutiers au Jardin Esbekieh view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Eygpt. Cairo. Grove of Sago Trees in the Esbekieh Garden". Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog,... More

[The lake at Magnolia-on-the-Ashley (Magnolia Gardens), Charleston, S....

Public domain image of swamp, wetland, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rubber trees at entrance to Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 463. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More

European or Central American travel views

Mission of Santa Barbara, the garden

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hotel Royal Palm [i.e. Royal Palm Hotel], Miami, Fla.

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Washington statue, Public Garden, Boston

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The gardens, Georgian Court, Lakewood, N.J.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park alley, trees, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Garden, north, Ropes Mansion, Salem, Massachusetts.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swan boats, Public Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts.

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[Poinciana gardens, Palm Beach, Florida]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Yaddo, home of Spencer Trask, the pergola, Saratoga Springs, N.Y

"G 6398" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071560. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Log cabin, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Gardens of the Royal Poinciana Hotel, Palm Beach, Fla.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Across the lake, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charl...

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Gems for Mother Earth's adornment - conservatory, Prospect Park, Brook...

H4501 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 2.

Floral clock and the ferris wheel, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. ...

H54610 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15075. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great Floral Clock (accurate timekeeper, 100 feet in diameter) in ...

H52539 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8502. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blooming flowers and dancing fountains before E. pavillion of Festival...

H51056 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Garden of Franklin H. Walker, Detroit, Mich.]

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Garden of Franklin H. Walker, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. "McC 447" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043706. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Conservatory & gardens, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Ill.

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens af...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden with pat...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "NCR 3B." Also, blue star s... More

[York Hall, York Co., Virginia, exterior, with flower garden in foregr...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nov. gostinit︠s︡a v Gagrakh - Color separation negative, public domain

Public domain photograph of a small village, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Inellan," Walter Douglas house, Channel Drive, Montecito, California...

Site History. House Architecture: Francis Townsend Underhill, built 1902, with changes for Walter Douglas ca. 1906. Landscape: Francis Townsend Underhill, from 1902. Associated Name: Edith Bell (Mrs. Walter) Do... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Public domain photograph of Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small bridge over water, woods, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Public domain photograph of Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified garden. Rose arbor]

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

Ogorod bashkira. [Ekhʹia] - Color separation negative, public domain

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Nature's mirror, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [Magnolia Gardens], Charleston...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Flower gardens, country home of W.E.S. Griswold, Lenox, Massachuse...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified houses and gardens. Rhododendron, field, and buildings i...

Photo shows 4 photos related to gardens and planting. On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subject information pr... More

Entrance to subway, Public Gardens [i.e. Garden], Boston, Massachusett...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[General view of gardens and greenhouses, Mount Vernon, Virginia]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Drumthwacket," Moses Taylor Pyne house, 354 Stockton Road, Princeton...

Site History. House Architecture: Additions to existing 1833 Greek Revival house by Raleigh Colston Gildersleeve in 1893 and 1900. Landscape: Daniel Webster Langton, from 1893, the year Moses Taylor Pyne purch... More

Part of the gardens of St. Catherine Monastery - Mt. Sinai

Men squatting while attending plants on a terraced garden, others walk on a side path. J153405 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U-122438. Photograph taken from the orchard of Saint Catherine Monastery at the lower n... More

Garden and house at Kijkuit, John D. Rockefeller's estate, designed by...

Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["The Orchard," James Lawrence Breese house, 151 Hill Streeet, Southam...

Site History. House Architecture: McKim, Mead & White, 1898-1907. Landscape: McKim, Mead & White, 1898-1907. Today: House, converted to Whitefield condominiums, is on the National Register of Historic Places. F... More

"The Orchard," James Lawrence Breese house, 151 Hill Streeet, Southamp...

Site History. House Architecture: McKim, Mead & White, 1898-1907. Landscape: McKim, Mead & White, 1898-1907. Today: House, converted to Whitefield condominiums, is on the National Register of Historic Places. F... More

["Près Choisis," Albert Herter house, Georgica Pond, East Hampton, New...

Site History. House Architecture: Grovesnor Atterbury, 1898-1899. Landscape: Adele McGinnis (Mrs. Albert) and Albert Herter from 1898. Other: The house was on 75 acres given to the Herters as a marriage present... More

["Cragston," John Pierpont Morgan house, Highland Falls, New York. Spr...

Photo shows field of tulips and daffodils. Site History. Today: House and garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "M" and "Morgan, Mrs. J.P., Cragston, Highland Falls, N.Y." Also, red stroke mark and gold st... 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

["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

["Chelmsford," Elon Huntington Hooker house, Greenwich, Connecticut. ...

Site History. House Architecture: McKim, Mead & White, expansion of existing house, 1909-1911. Landscape: Warren Henry Manning, Charles F. Gillette, supervisor, 1909-14. Associated Name: Blanche Ferry (Mrs. Elo... More

[Dr. Peter Brown Wyckoff house, Gin Lane, Southampton, New York. Flowe...

Public domain photograph of historic park, 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["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

["Armsea Hall," Charles Frederick Hoffman Jr. house, Narragansett Bay,...

Site History. House: Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin, Hoppin & Koen, completed 1901. Landscape: Olmsted Brothers, 1911-1918. Associated Name: Zelia Krumbhaar (Mrs. Charles F.) Hoffman, Jr. Today: House and garden... 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

[Dr. Peter Brown Wyckoff house, Gin Lane, Southampton, New York. View ...

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

["Armsea Hall," Charles Frederick Hoffman Jr. house, Narragansett Bay,...

Site History. House: Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin, Hoppin & Koen, completed 1901. Landscape: Olmsted Brothers, 1911-1918. Associated Name: Zelia Krumbhaar (Mrs. Charles F.) Hoffman, Jr. Today: House and garden... More

[Reproduction of illustrations showing flower garden designs]

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston - ["Timberline, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania"]

Photograph of plan of W. Hinkle Smith house and garden in the Monograph of the Work of Charles Adams Platt, New York, 1913. On slide (handwritten): "Plan, Timberline, Bryn Mawr, Pa." Possibly photographed by Fr... More

[Reproduction of print showing Herbalist's garden and storeroom]

Photograph of a woodcut from Das Kreuterbuch öder Herbarius, Augsburg, 1534 On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date in... More

[Reproduction of print showing Couple in enclosed garden]

Photograph of a woodcut from Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose. Aultremêt dit le songe de vergier, Paris, 1520-1521. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," a... More

["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Green ...

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

["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 s... More

[Unidentified garden. Shrine to the Virgin Mary]

Slide for lecturing on city and suburban gardens. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Col... More

["Waveny," Lewis Henry Lapham house, 677 South Avenue, New Caanan, Con...

Site History. House Architecture: William Bunker Tubby, commissioned 1911, built 1912. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, Olmsted Brothers, 1907 and 1911-1915. Today: House and garden, with changes, extant in Wa... More

[Reproduction of print showing women in a garden]

Public domain scan - 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Reproduction of print showing Christ Child in a garden with basket of...

Photograph of a German woodcut, 1470, as reproduced in Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XV siècle, volume 1, Berlin, 1891. With verse based on the vision of Heinrich Seuse. On slide (... 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

["El Fureidis," James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Mont...

Site History. House Architecture: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue with Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, built from 1905-1906; Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, Supervising Architects. Landscape: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue with Cram... More

[Mrs. Eldridge Merick Fowler house, 363 Grove Street, Pasadena, Calif...

Site History. House Architecture: Louis Kwiatkowski, with changes in 1915 by Myron Hunt. Landscape: Myron Hunt, 1915, and Paul Joseph Howard. Gardener: John Blake. Associated Name: Margaret Brewer (Mrs. Eldridg... More

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...

No. 1103. No. 357c. Handwritten on back: "Blue Garden." Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["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

["Il Paradiso," Mrs. Dudley Peter Allen house, 1188 Hillcrest Avenue, ...

Site History. House Architecture: Greene & Greene, 1911-1913. Landscape: Greene & Greene, 1911-1913. Other: Elisabeth Severance (Mrs. Dudley P.) Allen married Francis Fleury Prentiss the year Frances Benjamin J... More

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Newport, Rhode Islan...

No. 4, color. Handwritten on back: "A.C. James, Newport, Beacon Hill House." Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 20121. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Newmar," Senator George Almer Newhall house, 1761 Manor Drive, Hills...

Site History. House: Lewis Parsons Hobart, completed 1913. Landscape: Lewis Parsons Hobart, completed 1913, on twenty acres. Associated Name: Caroline Taylor (Mrs. George Almer). Newhall. Other: Later called "... More

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["La Chiquita," Francis Townsend Underhill house, Channel Drive, Monte...

Site History. House Architecture: Francis Townsend Underhill, 1906. Landscape: Francis Townsend Underhill, from 1902. Today: Subdivided. Slide used with lecture "California Gardens" as no. 50. On slide: Red lin... More

NATIONAL EMERGENCY WAR GARDENS COM. GIRL SCOUTS GARDENING AT D.A.R.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

["Il Paradiso," Mrs. Dudley Peter Allen house, 1188 Hillcrest Avenue, ...

Site History. House Architecture: Greene & Greene, 1911-1913. Landscape: Greene & Greene, 1911-1913. Other: Elisabeth Severance (Mrs. Dudley P.) Allen married Francis Fleury Prentiss the year Frances Benjamin J... More

["Glen Oaks," James Hobart Moore house, East Valley Road, Montecito, C...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

["Newmar," Senator George Almer Newhall house, 1761 Manor Drive, Hills...

Site History. House Architecture: Lewis Parsons Hobart, completed 1913. Landscape: Lewis Parsons Hobart, completed 1913, on twenty acres. Associated Name: Caroline Taylor (Mrs. George Almer) Newhall. Other: Lat... More

["El Fureidis," James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Mont...

Site History. House Architecture: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue with Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, built from 1905-1906; Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, Supervising Architects. Landscape: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue with Cram... More

[Graham Nichols house, Greenwich, Connecticut. Birdbath]

Site History. Other: The photographer identified this image in her prints as Miss RR Goodnow Graham Nichols place. Associated Name: Ruby Ross Goodnow (Wood) decorated the house. On slide (handwritten): "Nichols... 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

["Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montec...

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Site History. House: Italianate villa by F. Garvin Hudson, begun 1914 for Henry Ernest Bothin. Bothin purchased the property in 1910 from Dani... More

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Newport, Rhode Islan...

No. 4b. Handwritten on back: "8"; "Much lighter in shadows"; and "Mrs. A.C. James, Blue Garden, Newport." Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Colle... More

["Lake Terrace," John Stoughton Newberry, Jr., house, 99 Lake Shore Dr...

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Swimmi...

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

["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Flower...

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

Pergola and one of the pools at Beacon Hill House, Newport residence o...

Illus. in: John Taylor Boyd, Jr. "The Work of Olmsted Brothers," Architectural Record, v. 44 (Dec. 1918): p. 509, bottom.

Garden pools of California [left page]

First page of a two-page article by Frances Benjamin Johnston illustrated with her photographs showing (top) "the swimming pool on the Montecito estate of Mr. and Mrs. George O. Knapp" and (bottom) "the pool in... More