Jamaica Pond: boys sailing boats at the pond

Jamaica Pond [lantern slide]: boys playing at the pond.

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Object Details

Collection Creator

McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948

American Rose Society

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.

sova.aag.mcf_ref8857

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6a82e3df0-b36d-4a48-a11b-5536cc121ae0

General note

Part of the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed "Emerald Necklace," the pond is mentioned in Norman T.Newton, Design on the Land: The Development of Landscape Architecture (Cambridge, MA and London, England: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971), and in Walter L. Creese, The Crowning of the American Landscape: Eight Great American Spaces and Their Buildings (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985).

Place

Jamaica Pond (Boston, Massachusetts)

Emerald Necklace (Boston, Massachusetts)

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston

Topic

Ponds

Boats

Children

Urban parks

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J. Horace McFarland Company collection

J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Massachusetts / MA050: Boston -- Jamaica Pond

Extent

1 Lantern slide (black-and-white, 3 x 5 in.)

Date

circa 1900 and 1910

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.MCF, Item MA050001

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.MCF_ref8857

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6a82e3df0-b36d-4a48-a11b-5536cc121ae0

AAG.MCF

AAG

Record ID

ebl-1504732814211-1504732814891-3

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