These amazing magic lantern slides from The Library of Congress were taken by American photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864–1952) that show gardens in the United States in the 1910s.
May the beauty captured in these historical magic lantern slides inspire you with new gardening ideas. Or, make you wonder how these places look today.
“Drumthwacket,” Moses Taylor Pyne House, 354 Stockton Road, Princeton, New Jersey. Temple at upper pond, 1911
“Cragston,” John Pierpont Morgan house, Highland Falls, New York. Spring bulbs, 1913
“Grey-Croft,” Stephen Swete Cummins house, Huntting Lane, East Hampton, New York. Japanese iris garden, rustic bridge, 1913
“Près Choisis,” Albert Herter house, Georgica Pond, East Hampton, New York. Fountain in orange and yellow garden, 1913
George Fisher Baker house, Tuxedo Park, New York. Rockery pool, 1913
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