Portrait of an era in landscape architecture, the photographs of Mattie Edwards Hewitt, September 15-November 30, 1983, Wave Hill, 675 West 252nd Street, Bronx, New York

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Date

1983

GUSN

GUSN-329900

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Ephemera collection
Product catalogues
Agriculture and landscaping
Landscape architecture and gardening
Portrait of an era in landscape architecture, the photographs of Mattie Edwards Hewitt, September 15-November 30, 1983, Wave Hill, 675 West 252nd Street, Bronx, New York
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Ephemera collection
- Product catalogues
  - Agriculture and landscaping
    - Landscape architecture and gardening

Description

Gardens on Long Island and other places were photographed by Hewitt and became a record of landscape architects working in the 1920s and 1930s.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exhibitions (events)
landscape architecture
gardens
photographers
women (female humans)
museums (institutions)
exhibition catalogs

Physical Descrption

2 exhibition catalogs : illustrations (some color) ; 11 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.001.004.060

Image Dimensions

11 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2017.

Places

Bronx (New York City, New York state) [borough]
Long Island (New York state) [island]

Record Details

Originator

Hewitt, Mattie Edwards, 1869-1956 (Photographer)
Close, Leslie Rose (Author)
American Garden and Landscape History Program at Wave Hill (Publisher)

Material Type

exhibition catalogs

Other Organizations

Wave Hill, inc.

Description Level

Item

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