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[Symington Garden]: the sunken garden.

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[Symington Garden] [glass negative]: the sunken garden.
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  • [Symington Garden] [glass negative]: the sunken garden.
  • [Symington Garden] [glass negative]: the sunken garden.

    Object Details

    Photographer

    Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

    Former owner

    Symington, Donald

    Landscape architect

    Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

    Collection Creator

    Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966
    Sears & Wendell
    Olmsted Brothers
    Harvard University
    American Society of Landscape Architects

    Collection Citation

    Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.
    sova.aag.srs_ref4668

    GUID

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6a33c100a-543e-4de4-bdb2-69e9d59bc4c9

    General

    Green Spring Valley, Maryland, is given as the location of the garden in a photograph published in American Society of Landscape Architects: Illustrations of Work of Members (New York: The House of J. Hayden Twiss, Publishers, 1931).

    Place

    United States of America -- Maryland -- Baltimore County -- Owings Mills
    Symington Garden (Owings Mills, Maryland)

    Topic

    Walls, stone
    Garden borders
    Gates -- wooden
    Perennials
    Trellises
    Evergreens
    Sunken gardens
    Gardens -- Maryland -- Owings Mills

    Photographer

    Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

    Former owner

    Symington, Donald

    Landscape architect

    Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

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    Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection
    Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / United States / Maryland / MD075: Owings Mills -- Symington, Donald

    Extent

    2 Glass negatives (black-and-white, 5 x 7 in.)

    Date

    [between 1920 and 1930]

    Archival Repository

    Archives of American Gardens

    Identifier

    AAG.SRS, Item MD075011

    Type

    Archival materials
    Glass negatives

    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

    Glass negatives

    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.SRS_ref4668
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    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6a33c100a-543e-4de4-bdb2-69e9d59bc4c9
    AAG.SRS
    AAG

    Record ID

    ebl-1562707900944-1562707901817-2

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