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John Brown House: lawn borders with sculpture next to the house, looking toward a motor entrance.

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John Brown House: lawn borders with sculpture next to the house, looking toward a motor entrance.
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Object Details

Creator

Brown, John Carter
Perry, Marsden J.

Slide manufacturer

Van Altena, Edward

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref10857

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6f8240549-d4cd-4baf-a61d-c6435717fa6e

General

The slides were commissioned by Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss Sr.
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena, 71-79 W. 45th St., N.Y.C."
Historic plate number: "21."
Historic plate caption: "Providence, R.I.; John Brown House."
RI002003 shows the same area at an earlier time period.

Place

John Brown House (Providence, Rhode Island)
United States of America -- Rhode Island -- Providence County -- Providence

Topic

Walls (building)
Ivy
Sculpture
Gates
Walkways, brick
Urns
Automobiles
Houses
Gardens -- Rhode Island -- Providence

Creator

Brown, John Carter
Perry, Marsden J.

Slide manufacturer

Van Altena, Edward

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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Rhode Island / RI002: Providence -- John Brown House

Sponsor

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Extent

1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)

Date

[between 1914 and 1949?]

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item RI002001

Type

Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides

Collection Rights

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Bibliography

Garden has been featured in Alice G. B. Lockwood, ed. and comp., Gardens of Colony and State, Vol. 1 (New York: C. Scribner's Sons for the Garden Club of America, 1931-1934), pp. 201-203. Image on page 201.

Genre/Form

Lantern slides

Collection Restrictions

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
AAG.GCA_ref10857
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6f8240549-d4cd-4baf-a61d-c6435717fa6e
AAG.GCA
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1643208220039-1643210186552-1

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