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[Miscellaneous Sites in England, Series 1]: the Sunk Garden and Great Barn at Great Dixter.

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[Miscellaneous Sites in England, Series 1]: the Sunk Garden and Great Barn at Great Dixter.
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Object Details

Lantern slide maker

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_ref4609

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6593e5bf2-6c2e-4e43-9214-a83a2ac2699e

General

Great Dixter was visited by the Garden Club of America during its June 1929 tour to England. A complete copy of the GCA tour itinerary was printed in the Bulletin of the Garden Club of America (Fourth Series, No. 5), September 1929, pp. 6-25.
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena, 71-79 W. 45th St., N.Y.C."
Historic plate number: "148."
Historic plate caption: "English."

Place

Great Dixter (Northiam, East Sussex, England)
United Kingdom -- England -- East Sussex -- Northiam

Topic

Summer
Topiary work
Stairs, stone
Retaining walls
Walls, stone
Sunken gardens
Lily ponds
Containers
Espaliers
Thatching
Garden borders
Flagstone
Houses
Gardens -- England -- East Sussex -- Northiam

Lantern slide maker

Van Altena, Edward

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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 2: International Garden Images / United Kingdom -- England / ENG022: Northiam -- Miscellaneous Sites in England, Series 1

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 Lantern slide (col., 3.25 x 4 in.)

Date

[between 1925 and 1935]

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item ENG022115

Type

Archival materials
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.

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_ref4609
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6593e5bf2-6c2e-4e43-9214-a83a2ac2699e
AAG.GCA
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1643208220039-1643210189257-0

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