["Lyndhurst," Finley Johnson Shepard house, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York. (LOC)

Johnston, Frances Benjamin,, 1864-1952,, photographer.

 

["Lyndhurst," Finley Johnson Shepard house, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York. Rose arbor]

 

[ca. 1914]

 

1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.

 

Notes:

Site History. House Architecture: Alexander Jackson Davis, from 1838. Associated Name: Helen Gould (Mrs. Finley J.) Shephard was the daughter of railroad magnate Jay Gould (1836-1892) who acquired the property in 1880. Today: National Trust for Historic Presevation house with restored gardens on 67 acres.

On slide (handwritten): "S" and "Shepard [sic], Mrs. F.J., Irvington, N.Y."

Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards Hewitt worked together.

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011.

Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Subjects:

Gardens--New York (State)--Tarrytown--1910-1920.

Arbors (Bowers)--New York (State)--Tarrytown--1910-1920.

Roses--New York (State)--Tarrytown--1910-1920.

 

Format: Lantern slides--Hand-colored--1910-1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16259

 

Call Number: LC-J717-X100- 50

 

 

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