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[Japanese garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.] – Antique Wall Art

[Japanese garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Japanese garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia collection.

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[Japanese garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]

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Lily ponds and carefully arranged plantings define this view of the Japanese garden in Fairmount Park, a Philadelphia landscape set along the Schuylkill River. Japanese-style gardens grew popular in American parks after the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia drew wide attention to Japanese art and design. This glass negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its views of American cities, landscapes and resorts, and it dates from between 1900 and 1915, when strolling these quiet water gardens was a common leisure pastime.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 6124" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039131. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParks. Japanese gardens. Lily ponds.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68818

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