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Bonfield

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

Photographer

Hollyday, H. Robins

Creator

Chamberlaine, Samuel B.
Downes, John Lee Carroll
Allen, Hervey
Talbot County Hist. Soc

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref14927

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6befc5745-8222-488f-adcc-95753b0d0327

General

Bonfield was built by Samuel Chamberlaine, Jr. in 1772. The mansion burned down in 1924. After the fire, John Lee Carroll Downes rebuilt the present structure. Image is property of the Talbot County Historical Society.

Place

Maryland -- Oxford
United States of America -- Maryland -- Talbot County -- Oxford

Topic

Box
Driveways
Trees
Houses

Photographer

Hollyday, H. Robins

Creator

Chamberlaine, Samuel B.
Downes, John Lee Carroll
Allen, Hervey
Talbot County Hist. Soc

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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Maryland / MD120: Oxford -- Bonfield

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 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1940

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item MD120001

Type

Archival materials
Slides (photographs)

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.

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_ref14927
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6befc5745-8222-488f-adcc-95753b0d0327
AAG.GCA
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1643208220039-1643210180431-0

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