Morton Arboretum : Photographic image : The Stylish House: 1906 to 1931 [3.34276]

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The Stylish House: 1906 to 1931

Identifier

3.34276

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 early 20th century.

Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:

Theodore and Elizabeth / and / Kathryn Jane / John Edward / and / Scotty
1906 to / 1931 [sketch of a piano with a vase of flowers on top of a piano shawl]
[drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and grounds, including the neighboring house and yard, with the following plants and trees labeled:]
- Golden / Bantam corn
- New Zealand / spinach
- hen and chickens / yellow alyssum / phlox subulata
- pinks
- Lombary / poplars
- regal lilies / delphiniums / madonna lilies / rosy morn perunias
- white birch
- Spiraea / Van Houttei
- mountain ash
[sketches of a vase, a light fixture, and a plant stand to the right of the illustration]