[West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. (LOC)
Johnston, Frances Benjamin,, 1864-1952,, photographer.
[West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. Irises along the embankment]
[1921]
1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.
Notes:
Site History. Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., James Leal
Greenleaf and the Army Corps of Engineers, 1907-1922. Other: Set aside
for development by the McMillan Commmission in 1902, the park was
completed in May 1922. Today: Extant.
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011.
Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances
Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New York:
Acanthus Press, 2012. Plate 188.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16318
Call Number: LC-J717-X101- 18
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