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The Stylish House: 1881 to 1906


Identifier
3.34275
Format
35mm color slide
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Unknown
Dimensions
2.3 cm W x 3.4 cm H (Item)
Extent
1 slide
Type
Photographic image
Description
A version of an illustration from Reading the Landscape, Chapter 13: "The Stylish House or Fashions as an Ecological Factor," depicting a home and its landscaped yard. This illustration shows the view of the house and yard during the late 19th century/early 20th century.

Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
  • David and Mary / and / Theodore / Ethel / Victoria / Charles / and / Rusty / and / King
  • 1881 / to / 1906
  • [sketch of a potted plant on a small table]
  • [drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and lawn surrounded by a fence, including the following labeled plants and trees:]
    • mulberry
    • cockscomb
    • coleus
    • hen and chickens
    • hosta
    • white birch
    • cannas / nasturtiums / lobelias
    • mountain ash
    • castor beans / geranium / alyssum
  • [sketches of three additional potted plants and a fan to the right of the illustration]