Stereograph of topiary garden and water pavilion, Hunnewell Estate, Wellesley, Mass.

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Date

1872

GUSN

GUSN-354314

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General photographic collection
Stereo views
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Wellesley
Massachusetts - Wellesley - Hunnewell Estate - Views of Italian Topiary Garden & Water Pavilion
Stereograph of topiary garden and water pavilion, Hunnewell Estate, Wellesley, Mass.
(current record)

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        Massachusetts - Wellesley - Hunnewell Estate - Views of Italian Topiary Garden & Water Pavilion
        Stereograph of topiary garden and water pavilion, Hunnewell Estate, Wellesley, Mass. (current record)

Description

A male figure stands with his back to the camera at the lake edge with the topiary garden behind him and the water pavilion in the distance. Text on the image margin reads "Entered according to act of Congress, A.D. 1872, by Chas. Pollock, in the Office of Librarian of Congress at Washington. C. Seaver, Jr., Photog'r."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
country houses
gardens
topiary
pavilions (garden structures)
garden structures
businessmen
stereographs

Physical Descrption

1 stereograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.04.01.USMA.2010.0150.001

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Lake Waban (Norfolk county, Massachusetts) [lake]

Record Details

Originator

Seaver, C. (Photographer)
Pollock, Charles, 1828-1900 (Publisher)

Material Type

stereographs

Other People

Hunnewell, Hollis Horatio, 1810-1902

Subjects

Architectural photography
Hunnewell Estate (Wellesley, Mass.)
Garden ornaments and furniture

Description Level

Item

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