[Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Water chain]
Earliest example of a stepping cascade. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012 and Gardenvisit.com, page viewed 10/4/2012) Site History. House Architecture: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola, 1568-1600. Lands... More
Portrait photograph of David Octavius Hill
Public domain photograph - David Octavius Hill, salted paper print, 19th-century Scotland, artistic early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More
El Kantara - the tourist bridge - Constantine
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Algiers - the new Mosque Djamaa, El-Djedid
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-78827. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More
Tangier - in the market place. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
The road approaching Constantine
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Three women grinding food on flat stones
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Riverfront scene, lantern slide
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Merchants trading from large riverboats
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Woman tea picker in field. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...
Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Two Manchurian men on street in Khabarovsk
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Rice paddies near Bandarawela. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-208. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library o... More
Agra - tomb of the Prime Minister
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Benares - at the bathing ghats. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Bangkok - three women on small boat in the Menam River
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Krasnoyarsk - chapel in asylum. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Raftsman using pole on river boat, Qingdao China
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Tea pickers at railway station. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Goldi tribesmen acting out folk drama, "The Repulse of the Kidnapper"
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Train station Railway station, lantern slide - Public domain photograp...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Convicts lined up outside dormitory at Khabarovsk
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-47622. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More
Close-up of bactrian camel caravan on the Amur River
Similar to photograph (LOT 11948, no. 1185) titled: Bactrian camels of a military caravan on the Amur River. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportati... More
Vladivostok - panoramic view from harbor (center part of 3 parts)
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-79620. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More
Lahore - general view of railway station
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-78866. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More
Chefoo - Mrs. Reese being carried in sedan chair
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Illustrated sign on railway coach - "Women only"
Published in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 1120 Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Joseph G. Pangborn on railway station platform
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Three small children, lantern slide
May not be Java. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] and other guests at a recep...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Railway station at Chaman, near Kojak Tunnel
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-78853. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More
Madura - street scene with temple in background
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] on stage coach in the bush ...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Young boy standing on street. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Thatched huts of fishing village on lower Ganges
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Small boy, lantern slide. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
May not be Java. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Eastern Siberian Railway employees station house, Ussuri Division
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Joseph G. Pangborn standing with group of natives
Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Calcutta - thatch-roofed boat in foreground; bathers and cows in backg...
Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bella - Maori woman with husband and child and 2 dogs in front of home...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Naked Maori boys bathing. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Female nude photograph - Unidentified dancer
Title devised. Credit line: Genthe photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Genthe photograph collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/l... More
Arnold Genthe - Paying New Year's calls, Chinatown, San Francisco
Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Irkutsk (?) - man standing; large building in background
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker houses and garde...
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
Portrait photograph of Sarah Jewett
Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait photograph of Sir John Steell
Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arnold Genthe. Maria Theresa Duncan dancing. Public domain artistic ph...
Title devised. 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 Gent... 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 3A." Also, blue star s... More
Unidentified dancer, lantern slide
Picryl description: Public domain erotic or nude photograph, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Erotic photography - Genthe collection - Unidentified dancer
Title devised. 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 Gent... More
Travel views of Europe - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title devised. 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 Gent... More
[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Pump and building after...
Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sa... More
Adjusting film. Show will continue in a few minutes
Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with photo of girl hammering at a film projector. "No. C 6." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cl... More
If you expect to rate as a gentleman, you will not expectorate on the ...
Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with a border design. "No. B 17." Copyright claimant: Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
"When I think of the pawn ship business"
Proof of lantern slide that illustrates lyrics to the song Yonkle, the Cow-Boy Jew by Will J. Harris (composer lyricist) and Harry I. Robinson (composer) shows cowboy hanging Yonkle Finkelstein as Indians obser... More
Ainu man standing outdoors on a mat covered with clay containers
Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of Ainu village, lantern slide
Public domain photograph of village home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Two Ainu women standing outside the entrance of a hut
Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ainu chiefs at Piratori, lantern slide
Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Travel views of Japan. 1900s Japan, public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ainu or Japanese child - Public domain portrait drawing
Title devised. 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 Gent... More
[Unidentified house and garden. Flowers by driveway]
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
["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
Ballet: Lisa Duncan dancing, lantern slide
Public domain photograph related to dance, ballet, musical performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait photograph of Captain Everett Edwards
Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
["The Orchard," James Lawrence Breese house, 151 Hill Street, Southamp...
Site History. House Architecture: McKim, Mead & White, 1898-1907. Landscape: McKim, Mead & White, 1898-1907. For 1906 plan of this garden, see slide LC-J717-X103-3, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16445. Toda... More
["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
Ladies kindly remove your hats, Motion Picture Theaters
Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved frame. J170054 U.S. Copyright Office... More
Ruth St. Denis dancing - Public domain portrait print
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
["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. Today: House, but not garden, extant. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Jo... 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. Today: House, but not garden, extant. On slide (handwritten): "H" and "Hert... 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: Later named "The Creeks." The house was on 75 acres given to the Her... More
["Grey-Croft," Stephen Swete Cummins house, Huntting Lane, East Hampto...
Site History. House Architecture: Isaac Henry Green, Jr., for Lorenzo Guernsey Woodhouse. Landscape: Emma Woodhouse (Mrs. Stephen S.) Cummins. Other: Emma Woodhouse Cummins (1846-1908), after being married to L... 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. Photographer unknown. Title,... 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
["Holm Lea," Charles Sprague Sargent house, Brookline, Massachusetts. ...
Site History. Landscape: Thomas Lee and Charles Sprague Sargent, 1845-1927; Charles Sander, gardener. Other: Land purchased in 1845 by Ignacius Sargent, Charles Sprague Sargent's father. Today: Land subdivided ... More
[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Pergola]
Site History. House Architecture: Chauncey Ives. Associated Name: Mary Jenkins (Mrs. George W.) Curtis. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "C" and "Curtis." Also, red stroke mark, gold star stick... More
["Lyndhurst," Finley Johnson Shepard house, 635 South Broadway, Tarryt...
Photo includes magnolia. Site History. House Architecture: Alexander Jackson Davis, from 1838. Associated Name: Helen Gould (Mrs. Finley J.) Shephard was the daughter of railroad magnate Jay Gould (1836-1892) ... 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
["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...
Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...
Site History. House Architecture: Howells & Stokes, 1910. Landscape is Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1913, 1915-1916, with Hempsted of Boston, contractors. John Greatorex... More
["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Swimmi...
Public domain photograph of historic park, 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
["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
["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...
Site History. House: Howells & Stokes, 1910. Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1913, 1915-1916; Hempsted of Boston, contractors; John Greatorex, gardener. Associat... More
[Samuel Longstreth Parrish Art Museum, 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New ...
Site history. Architecture: Grosvenor Atterbury, 1897, 1902, 1912. Landscape: Warren Henry Manning. Today: Museum extant with landscape modifications. On slide (handwritten): "S" and "Southampton Art Museum." P... More
Erotic photography - Genthe collection - Irene Marcellus dancing
Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: LC-G432-0049-C-001 (vd# 13202)
[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
[Reproduction of painting showing a garden party]
Photograph of a painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau, oil on canvas,1721, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. On slide (printed):"Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also, red seal sticker. On slide (printed): "Ri... More
[Reproduction of illustration showing Louvre Castle of Philip III]
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
[Wallace Reid house, East Hampton, New York. Garden entrance]
Site History. Associated Name: Emma Read (Mrs. Wallace) Reid. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards Hewitt worked together. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters,... More
["The Steppingstones," Annie May Hegeman house, Art Village, Southampt...
Site History. Today: Garden not extant. Art Village, in part, survives. On slide (handwritten): "H" and "Hegeman, Miss." Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards Hewitt worked together. Ti... More
[Reproduction of print showing Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota)]
Photograph of a botanical illustration from an unidentified source. On slide: Blind embossed stamp: "Frances B. Johnston, New York." Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date informatio... More
["Waveny," Lewis Henry Lapham house, 677 South Avenue, New Canaan, 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
["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
[Woodland mushrooms], Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
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
Genthe collection - Elizabeth Duncan dancers
Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: LC-G39-1352-R-020 (vd# 592)
Isadora Duncan dancing, lantern slide
Public domain photograph of lantern slide, dance, dancer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hilda Beyer dancing, lantern slide
Public domain photograph of lantern slide, dance, dancer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Genthe collection - Elizabeth Duncan dancers
Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: LC-G389-1352-D (vd# 52)