[Château de Voisins]: Sarah Gildersleeve Fife, president of the Garden Club of America and Edmé Sommier, president of the Société des amateurs de jardins, in the château gardens.

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Object Details

Names

Fife, Sarah Gildersleeve, 1885-1949

Sommier, Edmé, 1873-1945

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

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

sova.aag.gca_ref4889

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb61b6c1cc3-6346-4058-91d6-98507df47f3d

General

Historic plate number: "1."

Historic plate caption: "French Gardens."

The château was visited on June 29, 1936, by the Garden Club of America during its French garden tour. The tour was undertaken in response to an invitation from the French society. Sommier was also the owner of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte.

Place

Château de Voisins (Saint-Hilarion, Yvelines, France)

France -- Ile-de-France -- Yvelines Department -- Saint-Hilarion

Topic

Women

Men

Gardens -- France -- Yvelines -- Saint-Hilarion

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 2: International Garden Images / France / FR013: Saint-Hilarion -- Château de Voisins

Extent

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

Date

1936 Jun.

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item FR013001

Type

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Collection Rights

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