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[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens before landscaping]

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

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

[White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. View from south lawn to Washington Monument]

[White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. View from sou...

Site History. House Architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: Pool installed during the administration of Ulysses S. Grant. Also, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Thomas Jefferson and others. Today: E... More

[Unidentified house and garden. Flowers along driveway]

[Unidentified house and garden. Flowers along 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

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified house. Stone pathway]

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified house. Stone pathway]

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

[Unidentified house and garden. Wall fountain and sculpture]

[Unidentified house and garden. Wall fountain and sculpture]

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

["Grey-Croft," Stephen Swete Cummins house, Huntting Lane, East Hampton, New York. Japanese iris garden]

["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 Lor... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. Northeast gate]

["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

["Holm Lea," Charles Sprague Sargent house, Brookline, Massachusetts. Crab Apple (Malus)]

["Holm Lea," Charles Sprague Sargent house, Brookline, Massachusetts. ...

Site History. Landscape: Thomas Lee and Charles Sprague Sargent (1845-1927). Gardener: Charles Sander. Other: Land purchased in 1845 by Ignacius Sargent, Charles Sprague Sargent's father. Today: Subdivided in 1... More

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Pathway]

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Pathway]

Site History. House Architecture: Chauncey Ives. Landscape Associated Name: Mary Jenkins (Mrs. George W.) Curtis. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "C" and "Curtis, G." Also, no. "3505"(?) Also... More

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Lilies by pergola]

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Lilies by perg...

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, Johnston no. 3516. Photographed ... More

["The Elms," Edward Julius Berwind, 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. Boxwood parterre]

["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

["Claraben Court," Benjamin Stern house, Roslyn Harbor, New York. Hydrangea]

["Claraben Court," Benjamin Stern house, Roslyn Harbor, New York. Hydr...

Site History. House Architecture: Original house by Jacob Wray Mould, 1868, with changes by Benjamin Stern after purchasing the property in 1906. Landscape: Achille Duchêne for Benjamin Stern, from 1906. Other:... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. View from house]

["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

["Gardenside," Frederick Augustus Snow house, Ox Pasture Road, Southampton, New York. View north to flower garden]

["Gardenside," Frederick Augustus Snow house, Ox Pasture Road, Southam...

Site History. Landscape: Clarence Fowler, circa 1913; Mary Palen (Mrs. Frederick A.) Snow. Other: For garden plan, see LC-J717-X103-4, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16446. Today: Garden not extant. On slide... More

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Entrance to pergola walk]

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Entrance to pe...

Site History. House Architecture: Chauncey Ives. Landscape Associated Name: Mary Jenkins (Mrs. George W.) Curtis. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "C" and "Curtis, G.W." Also, gold star sticker... More

["The Appletrees," Henry Eugene Coe house, Southampton, New York. Entrance]

["The Appletrees," Henry Eugene Coe house, Southampton, New York. Entr...

Site History. House Architecture: 19th century farmhouse with additions. Associated Name: Eva Johnston (Mrs. Henry E.) Coe. On slide (handwritten): "C" and "Coe, Mrs. H.C., Southampton." Also, Johnston no. "353... More

["The Faulkner Farm Gardens, Brookline, Massachusettsachusetts"]

["The Faulkner Farm Gardens, Brookline, Massachusettsachusetts"]

Photograph of a plan of Charles T. Sprague house and garden in the Monograph of the Work of Charles Adams Platt, New York, 1913. On slide (handwritten): "Plan, Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Mass." Possibly photogra... More

[Reproduction of illustration: The Terrace, Brockenhurst]

[Reproduction of illustration: The Terrace, Brockenhurst]

Photograph of an illustration of a watercolor by George Samuel Elgood, 1897. On slide (handwritten): "E" in a gold-edged seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subjec... More

[Fanny A. Mulford house, Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, New York. Pathway to bench]

[Fanny A. Mulford house, Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, New York. Pathway t...

Site History. Landscape: Ruth Bramley Dean, ca. 1915. Plan drawn by Ruth Bramley Dean, 4 West 40th Street, New York City. Today: Garden not extant. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards... More

[Reproduction of illustrations: "Pollybirida Singularis" and "Manypeeplia Upsidownia"]

[Reproduction of illustrations: "Pollybirida Singularis" and "Manypeep...

Photograph of illustrations from Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, London, 1871. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters,... More

["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Swimming pool]

["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

[Wildflowers in bloom], Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

[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 plan showing Pliny's villa]

[Reproduction of plan showing Pliny's villa]

Photograph of a plan of Pliny the Younger's villa and garden. Today: site of Citta di Castello. On slide: Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subject informati... More

Albrecht Durer - [Reproduction of print: Flight into Egypt]

Albrecht Durer - [Reproduction of print: Flight into Egypt]

Photograph of a woodcut, Albrecht Dürer, circa 1503. On slide: red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms par... More

[Samuel Longstreth Parrish Art Museum, 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New York. Garden entrance]

[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. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwa... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. Pathway to sun room]

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...

Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, 1897. Landscape Associated Name: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill. Other: Robert C. Hill acquired the house and four acres and half in 1913; Edith Bouv... More

["Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montecito, California. View to outdoor theater wings]

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

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Site History. House Architecture: Italianate villa by F. Garvin Hudson, begun 1914 for Henry Ernest Bothin. Landscape: Joseph J. Whipple and J... More

["Solana," Frederick Forrest Peabody house, Eucalyptus Hill Road, Montecito, California. Service arcade]

["Solana," Frederick Forrest Peabody house, Eucalyptus Hill Road, Mont...

Site History. House Architecture: Francis Townsend Underhill, built 1913-1914. Landscape: Charles Frederick Eaton, from 1906. Associated Name: Katherine Burke (Mrs. Frederick Forest) Peabody. Today: Garden subd... More

[Mrs. Eldridge Merick Fowler house, 363 Grove Street, Pasadena, California. Fountain in flower garden]

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

Site History. House: 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. Eldridge M.) Fowler.... More

[John Henry Fisher adobe, 765 West Highland Avenue, Redlands, California. Outdoor kitchen]

[John Henry Fisher adobe, 765 West Highland Avenue, Redlands, Californ...

Site History. House Architecture: John Henry Fisher, circa 1915. Landscape: John Henry Fisher, circa 1915. Today: House and garden not extant. Slide used with lecture "California Gardens" as no. 32. Title, date... More

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, California. Lower garden, indoor swimming pool at pool house]

["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

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, California. Roses along pathway]

["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

["El Fureidis," James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Montecito, California. Stairway]

["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

["Lake Terrace," John Stoughton Newberry, Jr., house, 99 Lake Shore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.. Pergola]

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

Site History. House architecture: Earnest Wilby with Albert Kahn, commissioned 1911. Landscape: Alfred Beaver Yeomans. Associated Name: Edith Stanton (Mrs. John S.) Newberry, Jr. Today: House and garden not ext... More

["Welwyn," Harold Irving Pratt house, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, New York. The Young Diana sculpture in garden]

["Welwyn," Harold Irving Pratt house, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Co...

Photo shows the Young Diana sculpture by Janet Scudder. Site History. House Architecture: Georgian revival house by Babb, Cook & Welsh, 1904-1906, with alterations by Delano & Aldrich, mid-1910s. Landscape: Mar... More

["Beechgate," Robert Carmer Hill house, Woodland Avenue, Englewood, New Jersey. Flower garden gate]

["Beechgate," Robert Carmer Hill house, Woodland Avenue, Englewood, Ne...

Site History. Landscape: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill, on four acres, circa 1911. On slide (handwritten): "Hill." On slide (printed): "176 Fulton Street, New York." (Slide manufacturer: T.H. McAllister-Kel... More

["The Causeway," James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington, D.C. Fountain]

["The Causeway," James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington,...

Site History. House Architecture: Charles Adams Platt, 1912. Landscape: Charles Adams Platt, overall plan, 1912 and Ellen Biddle Shipman, 1913. Associated Name: Alice Maury (Mrs. James) Parmelee. Today: House p... More

[William Albert Smoot, Jr., house, 220 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Boxwood garden]

[William Albert Smoot, Jr., house, 220 North Washington Street, Alexan...

Site History. House Architecture: Georgian brick house built circa 1767 with changes. Landscape: Harriet Ansley (Mrs. William A.) Smoot, Jr. Other: Also know as Lloyd house, purchased by Smoot in 1916. Today: ... More

[William Samuel Kies house, Scarborough and Old Albany Roads, Scarborough, New York. Pergola]

[William Samuel Kies house, Scarborough and Old Albany Roads, Scarboro...

Site History. House Architecture: Patterson & Dula, plans by 1916. Landscape: Clarence Fowler, ca. 1920; James Frederick Dawson, Olmsted Brothers in 1916. Associated Name: Mabel Best (Mrs. William S.) Kies. Tod... More

[Insignia of the Society of Little Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[Insignia of the Society of Little Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

Photo shows crest divided in quarters with bird, potted plant, honeybee, and twig with two leaves and acorn; watering can above crest and banner reading "Yards and Yards" below. Insignia designed by E.W. Lowber... More

[Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan house, Turtle Bay Gardens, 228 East 49th Street, New York, New York. Garden]

[Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan house, Turtle Bay Gardens, 228 East 49th ...

Site History. House architecture and landscape: Edward Clarence Dean and William Lawrence Bottomley, 1919-1920. Associated Name: Charlotte Bronson Hunnewell Sorchan, developer. Today: Extant. Slide for lecturin... More

[George Hoadly Ingalls house, 154 East 78th Street, New York, New York. View from terrace to garden]

[George Hoadly Ingalls house, 154 East 78th Street, New York, New York...

Site History. Associated Name: Katherine Hinkle (Mrs. George Hoadly) Ingalls. Today: Garden and house not extant. Other: Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 The City Gardens Club of New York Cit... More

New York City - Medal of the School Nature League

New York City - Medal of the School Nature League

Photo shows front and back of medal, with cherubs gardening and name Alphée DuBois on one side and the initials S.N.L. on the other. On slide (handwritten): "New York City-Medal of the School Nature League" and... More

[Lathrop Colgate house, Bedford Village, New York. Trellis]

[Lathrop Colgate house, Bedford Village, New York. Trellis]

Site History. Landscape: Edith Leonard (Mrs. Lathrop) Colgate, probable landscape gardener. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "Colgate, Bedford, NY." Title, date, and subject information provide... More

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. View to Lake Marie from terraced garden]

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. Vi...

Site History. Landscape: Elizabeth Tyree (Mrs. James S.) Metcalfe, probable landscape gardner. Today: House not extant, property now part of Bedford Hills Memorial Park. On slide: Blind embossed stamp "Frances ... More

["Old Acres," Robert Low Bacon house, Old Westbury, New York. Azaleas by pool]

["Old Acres," Robert Low Bacon house, Old Westbury, New York. Azaleas ...

Site History. House architecture: John Russell Pope, 1904-1910. Landscape: Martha Brookes Brown Hutcheson, 1904-1910; Virginia Murray (Mrs. Robert L.) Bacon. Other: House also known as "Oldfields." Today: House... More

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. Swimming  pool]

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. Sw...

Site History. Landscape: Elizabeth Tyree (Mrs. James S.) Metcalfe, probable landscape gardener. Today: House not extant, property now part of Bedford Hills Memorial Park. On slide: red seal sticker. Title, dat... More

[Gramercy Park, between East 20th and East 21st Streets east of Park Avenue, New York, New York. View to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company tower]

[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. Possibly photographed by Charles I. Berg, architect and photographer, who was secretary of ... More

[Dr. Henry Alexander Murray, Jr., house, 129 East 69th Street, New York, New York. View to terrace]

[Dr. Henry Alexander Murray, Jr., house, 129 East 69th Street, New Yor...

Site History. Landscape: Clarence Fowler. Associated Names: Josephine Rantoul (Mrs. Alexander) Murray. Other: This garden won the second prize medal for a city garden at the 1922 City Gardens Club of New York C... More

["Flagstones," Charles Clinton Marshall house, 117 West 55th Street, New York, New York. Backyard before renovation]

["Flagstones," Charles Clinton Marshall house, 117 West 55th Street, N...

Site history. Landscape: Abby Story (Mrs. Charles C.) Marshall. This garden was comprised of three lots at 117 and 119 West 55th Street, owned by Charles Clinton Marshall who lived at 117. Other: At the 1922 Ci... More

["Thornewood," Chester Thorne house, Lakewood, Washington Flower garden]

["Thornewood," Chester Thorne house, Lakewood, Washington Flower garde...

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

[Villa Torre Clementina, Louis Antoine Stern house, Avenue Impératrice Eugénie, Roquebrune- Cap- Martin, Alpes Maritimes, France. View to ruins ]

[Villa Torre Clementina, Louis Antoine Stern house, Avenue Impératrice...

Site History. House Architecture: Lucien Hesse, commissioned 1904. Landscape: Raffaele Mainella. Associated Name: Ernesta [Mrs. Louis] Stern. Today: Private house and garden, restored, a French historic monumen... More

[Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Stairs]

[Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Stairs]

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 Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy. Grotto terrace]

[Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy. Grotto terrace]

Site History. House Architecture: Zanobi Lapi, 1610- 1630. Landscape: Zanobi Lapi and others, from 1610. Also, water terrace created on south parterre by Princess Jeanne Ghyka and Martino Porcinai from 1896. Ot... More

["Tudor Place," Armistead Peter, Jr., house, 1644 31st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Entrance façade]

["Tudor Place," Armistead Peter, Jr., house, 1644 31st Street, NW, Was...

Site History. House Architecture: Thomas Thornton, built between 1795-1816. Landscape: Thomas Peter and his descendents. Today: Historic house and garden open to the public. On slide (handwritten): no. "11." On... More

["Tudor Place," Armistead Peter, Jr., house, 1644 31st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Entrance façade]

["Tudor Place," Armistead Peter, Jr., house, 1644 31st Street, NW, Was...

Site History. House Architecture: Thomas Thornton, built between 1795-1816. Landscape: Thomas Peter and his descendents. Today: Historic house and garden open to the public. On slide (printed): Red outline flow... More

["The Pavilion," Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell house,  Fort Ticonderoga, New York. Pathway in walled garden]

["The Pavilion," Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell house, Fort Ticonderoga, N...

Photograph shows walled flower garden with sign: "The King's Garden. This garden was started in 1757 by Captain de Pontieroy of the French Army, Chief of Engineers to the Marquis de Montcalm and named Le Jardin... More

[Port Royal house, Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia]

[Port Royal house, Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia]

Photo shows dirt road leading to river; on left, house with stone 1st floor and wood 2nd floor. On slide (handwritten): "Port Royal, Caroline." Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date bas... More

["Federal Hill," John Keim house, 504 Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Entrance door]

["Federal Hill," John Keim house, 504 Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, ...

Site History. House Architecture: Rupert Brooke, governor of Vigirnia, 1794-1796 and founder of the national Federal party, purchased this house and named it "Federal Hill." Today: Extant as a private residence... More

["York Hall,"  Captain  George Preston Blow house, Route 1005 and Main Street, Yorktown, Virginia. Gardener's cottage in Memory Garden]

["York Hall," Captain George Preston Blow house, Route 1005 and Main...

Site History. House Architecture: Griffin & Wynkoop, for Captain George Preston Blow, additions to 18th century brick house, the home of Thomas Nelson Jr., 1738-1739, after purchase by Blow in 1914. Landscape: ... More

["Montpelier," Marion du Pont Scott house, 11395 Constitution Highway, Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia. "Willow Gate"]

["Montpelier," Marion du Pont Scott house, 11395 Constitution Highway,...

Site History. House Architecture: Built by James Madison circa 1760, with changes by C.A. Perkins, builders from Hollyoak, Delaware, for William duPont, 1900-1901; changes by George Finklen until 1917. Landscap... More

[St. Luke's Church, Smithfield vicinity, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Bell tower entrance]

[St. Luke's Church, Smithfield vicinity, Isle of Wight County, Virgini...

On slide (handwritten): "St. Luke, 1632, Isle of Wight." 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-3132... More

[Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Flower border pathway]

[Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Flower border ...

On sleeve (handwritten): no. "511." Title and date based on similar view in the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, negative LC-J7-VA- 2015. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series... More

["Stratford Hall," 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virgnia. Federal style card table with bowl]

["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

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens after landscaping]

[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. On slide (printed): "Property of National Cash Regi... More

["Inellan," Walter Douglas house, Channel Drive, Montecito, California. Pergola at the Pacific Ocean]

["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

"Before" at Wakefield, New York City, throug[h] driveway was built

"Before" at Wakefield, New York City, throug[h] driveway was built

Photo shows Wakefield swamp before reclamation, Wakefield, Bronx, N.Y. On slide (handwritten): "Bronx Parkway Comm. 'Before' [...] at Wakefield, N.Y. Cithy throug[...] drieveway was built." On slide (printed): ... More

[Unidentified house and garden, possibly Maine or Massachusetts. Lawn parterre and flower borders]

[Unidentified house and garden, possibly Maine or Massachusetts. Lawn ...

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, New Jersey. Temple at upper pond]

["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

["The Orchard," James Lawrence Breese house, 151 Hill Street, Southampton, New York. Entrance drive]

["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. Today: House, converted to Whitefield condomi... More

[George Fisher Baker house, Tuxedo Park, New York. Rhododendron]

[George Fisher Baker house, Tuxedo Park, New York. Rhododendron]

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 lantern sli... More

[Grey-Croft," Stephen Swete Cummins house, Huntting Lane, East Hampton, New York. Japanese iris garden, pathway]

[Grey-Croft," Stephen Swete Cummins house, Huntting Lane, East Hampton...

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 Lor... More

[Dr. Peter Brown Wyckoff house, Gin Lane, Southampton, New York. Flower border]

[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 Appletrees," Henry Eugene Coe house, Southampton, New York. View to house]

["The Appletrees," Henry Eugene Coe house, Southampton, New York. View...

Site History. House architecture: 19th century farmhouse with additions. Associated Name: Eva Johnston (Mrs. Henry E.) Coe. On slide (handwritten): "C," "[...] Southampton," and no. "35..." Also, blue star sti... More

["The Fens," Lorenzo Easton Woodhouse house, Huntting Lane, East Hampton, New York. Pathway]

["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. Photographe... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. Bench inside northeast gate]

["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

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. East gate to tool house]

["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

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. Plan]

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...

Site History. House: 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 this house, n... More

["The Elms," Edward Julius Berwind, 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. Terrace statue]

["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

"Millefiori," Albert Barnes Boardman house, Great Plains Road and Coopers Neck Lane, Southampton, New York. Flower border

"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, Newport, Rhode Island. Rose-covered wall]

["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]

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 to tea house from swimming pool]

["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. Entrance to garden]

[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, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York. Terrace fountain]

["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 Petersburg, Russia. View to trellis]

[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 by John Parkinson, London, 1656]

[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"]

["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

[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 Hampton, New York. Lily pool]

["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 parterre]

["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

[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]

[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. Bridge to guest's island in Japanese garden]

["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, Rhode Island"]

["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 Fairchild, 1723]

[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]

[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 pergola]

[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

[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 pavilion]

[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

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