Object Details
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref8744
General
The slide is taken from p. 204 of Robin Karson, Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect: An Account of the Gardenmaker's Life (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc./Sagapress, Inc., 1989). The image in the book is taken from an original image in the Fletcher Steele Collection, F. Franklin Moon Library, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York.
Place
Backus Garden (Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan)
United States of America -- Michigan -- Wayne County -- Grosse Pointe -- Grosse Pointe Shores
Topic
Pedestals
Finials
Gardens -- Michigan -- Grosse Pointe Shores
Portraits
Relief
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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 Slides (photographs) (black-and-white, 35 mm.)
Date
[between 1930 and 1940]
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, Item MI024007
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.
Genre/Form
Slides (photographs)
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_ref8744
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb66ce91a29-ddd7-4393-b134-5e26ac0d8af3
AAG.GCA
AAG
Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210181240-0