Object Details
Slide manufacturer
Van Altena, Edward
Creator
Parsons, Lewellyn, Miss
Piscataqua Garden Club
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref8534
General
The ocean side garden is unique with ocean and sand as a background, the foreground of hollyhocks and delphinium makes a rare combination. The ever present company of the seals, sunning their sleek backs and bewhiskered faces on the warm rocks.
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena."
Historic plate number: "48."
Historic plate caption: "Miss Llewellyn Parsons."
Place
Parsons Garden (York, Maine)
United States of America -- Maine -- York County -- York
Topic
Summer
Alcea
Delphinium
Seaside gardening
Ocean
Beaches
Perennials
Slide manufacturer
Van Altena, Edward
Creator
Parsons, Lewellyn, Miss
Piscataqua Garden Club
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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 ME027001
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Collection Rights
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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_ref8534
Large EAD
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AAG.GCA
AAG
Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210180121-1