The Stylish House: 1881 to 1906 (3.34275)
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]
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1906 to 1931 (3.34276)
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]
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1931 to 1941 (3.34277)
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 mid-20th century.
Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
- John Edward and Nancy Ann / Bee / Chuck / and / Lassie
- 1931 to / 1941 [sketch of a shrub]
- [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:]
- herbs
- white petunias / white delphiniums / Artemisia Silver King
- privet
- tartarian / honeysuckle
- Colorado spruce
- Pfitzer juniper
- [m---] pine
- Siberian elms
- [sketches of a garden gnome, animal-shaped planters, and a lily pond to the right of the illustration]
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1941 (3.34278)
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 mid-20th century.
Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
- Don and Kay / and / Debby / and / Stockwell Stilwell Hamlet II / and Stockwell Stilwell Ophelia
- 1941 --- [sketch of a lamp with a potted plant]
- currants
- tuberous begonias
- ferns
- roses
- Japanese yew
- Japanese quince
- winter honeysuckle
- honey locusts
- winged Euonymus
- [sketches of two ornamental planters to the right of the illustration]
Extent: 1 slide
The Stylish House: 1856 to 1881 (3.34279)
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 mid- to late-19th century.
Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:
- Jonathan and Patience / and / David / John / Paul / Daniel / Ruth / Rachel / and / Rover / and / Dobbin
- 1856 / to / 1881
- [sketch of a hanging lamp]
- [drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and grounds surrounded by a fence, including the following plants and trees:]
- elderberry
- Richmond cherry
- box elder
- wild plum
- mint
- rhubarb
- maiden blush
- sweet bough
- russet apple
- Damson plums
- Ailanthus
- tawny day lily
- feverfew
- flags
- pinks
- bleeding heart
- red peony
- Johnny-jump-ups
- sweet shrub
- crimson rambler
- lily of the valley
- white pine
- Harison's yellow rose
- snowball bush
- white lilac
- cabbage rose
- [sketches of two vases with flowers to the right of the illustration]
Extent: 1 slide