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The Unusual Way Union Troops Spied on Confederates

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Civil War Ballooning

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Civil War Ballooning

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Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this
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Thaddeus Lowe’s “Whale of a View”

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Civil War Balloon Inflation

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Did the Confederates Have Balloons?

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Just How Big was a Civil War Balloon?

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Balmville -- Echo Lawn

Former owner:
Elliott, George A., 1820-1888  Search this
Knowlton, Minnie B. Johnes  Search this
Beal, Thaddeus, b. ca. 1870  Search this
Beal, John  Search this
Beal, Mary  Search this
Builder:
Gerard, Frank  Search this
Garden designer:
Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956  Search this
Beal, Reynolds, 1866-1951  Search this
Provenance:
Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Echo Lawn (Balmville, New York)
United States of America -- New York -- Orange County -- Balmville
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, historical images and additional documentation.
General:
Echo Lawn is located on a 6 acre parcel of land which was originally part of a 40 acre estate. The property has at its center an Italianate walled garden established in 1911 set within a wider naturalistic setting of the original landscaping of 1850-1860. This is set within a wider naturalistic landscaping of the original garden of 1850-1860. The National Register of Historic Places registration form completed for Echo Lawn, suggests that Echo Lawn's first period of design was influenced by landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing and the architects Calvert Vaux and Frederick Clark Withers in their design of neighboring properties (Downing and Vaux at Algonac about 1851; Withers at Mornigside 1859). The 1911 design of the walled garden was developed by the artists Reynolds and Gifford Beal, brothers of the property owner at that time, Thaddeus Beal.
The original structure of the Italianate garden remains, defined by outer walls of fieldstone with cut bluestone topping. The terrace of flagstone and herringbone brick features a Neoclassical cast concrete balustrade from which a divided stone staircase circles around a small fountain as it leads down into the sunken walled garden with a large fountain at its center.
Historical accounts of the garden describe the walled garden as a less formal Italian garden with softer border plantings in contrast to the present hedges which frame the quadrants created by the garden's brick paths. Climbing roses and honeysuckle grew on the west wall, climbing hydrangea on the north wall, lilacs at the terrace, and ferns were planted at the center fountain.
To the north of the walled garden is a large lawn with views through specimen shade trees including locust, walnut, and maple to a peripheral border of native trees. This area originally featured a grape arbor and an allée of cherry trees which led to vegetable gardens and a pond. To the east of the walled garden, presently lawn with a low stone retaining wall and steps leading to the north lawn, was a pergola and rose arbor, beyond which a stream was dammed to form a pond featuring a moon bridge and a small island. To the south of the walled garden, now a lawn bordered by native trees, were fruit orchards and distant views of the hills beyond the Hudson River.
Echo Lawn was used as a filming location in the silent film, The Scales of Justice, released in 1914 by the Famous Players Film Company.
Persons associated with the garden include: George A. Elliott (former owner, ca. 1860-1880); Frank Gerard (builder, ca. 1850-1860); Mrs. Minnie Knowlton (former owner, 1880-1905); Thaddeus Beal (former owner, beginning 1905); Gifford Beal and (Alonzo) Reynolds Beal (garden designers, ca. 1911); and John and Mary Beal (former owners, to 1957).
Related Materials:
Echo Lawn related holdings consist of 1 folder (20 digital images)
Other materials documenting this property are located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- New York -- Balmville  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NY919
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Archives of American Gardens
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb684345205-f050-4c49-ae1f-6d8a96dba266
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Meet Mary Henry and Thaddeus Lowe

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Interviews
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Eyewitness on the Mall: Mary Henry Tells All

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2011-11-30T19:14:05.000Z
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How do Inflation Wagons Work?

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What Happened Here in 1861?

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Thaddeus Lowe

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe, 1832 - 1913  Search this
Medium:
Quarter-plate tintype on sheet iron
Dimensions:
Image/Sight: 6.4 × 8.6 cm (2 1/2 × 3 3/8")
Mat (brass): 8.1 × 10.7 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/16")
Case open: 19.2 × 11.8 × 2.3 cm (7 9/16 × 4 5/8 × 7/8")
Case closed: 11.8 × 9.6 × 1.8 cm (4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 11/16")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\Virginia
Date:
1862
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Architecture\Building\Tent  Search this
Equipment\Optical Devices\Telescope  Search this
Exterior\Military Camp  Search this
Equipment\Sports Equipment\Equestrian Gear\Saddle  Search this
Cased object  Search this
Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe: Male  Search this
Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this
Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe: Science and Technology\Aviator\Aeronaut  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.97.121
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
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Balloon Valave, "City of New York" / "Great Western"

Materials:
Wood
Coating
Ferrous Alloy
Organic Fiber Rope
Copper Alloy
Uncharacterized Fabric
Rubber
Dimensions:
Overall: 111.1 × 111.8 × 10.2cm, 15kg (3 ft. 7 3/4 in. × 3 ft. 8 in. × 4 in., 33lb.)
Type:
CRAFT-Balloon Parts
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Date:
1859
Credit Line:
Donated by the Heirs of Thaddeus C. Lowe
Inventory Number:
A19310043000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Daguerreotype of Professor Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian

Depicted (sitter):
Henry, Joseph  Search this
Physical Description:
brass (overall material)
copper (overall material)
glass (overall material)
leather (overall material)
Measurements:
open: 5 7/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 14.9225 cm x 23.495 cm x .635 cm
closed: 5 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 9/16 in; 14.9225 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.42875 cm
Object Name:
photograph
daguerreotype
Other Terms:
photograph; Photograph; Daguerreotype
Subject:
Civil War  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Credit Line:
Caroline Henry
ID Number:
PG.001711
Accession number:
55663
Catalog number:
1711
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Civil War
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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Cornwall -- Henry's Hill

Provenance:
Garden Club of New Haven  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Henry's Hill (Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut)
United States of America -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County -- Cornwall -- Cornwall Hollow
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of an article, and a write-up of the family's history with the property.
General:
Property records for the large parcel of land in which Henry's Hill is located date back to the late 18th century, and the land was used for farming and foresting into the twentieth century. The current owners inherited the house and about eleven acres and set about redesigning the house and installing gardens. The main garden at Henry's Hill is bordered by old low stone walls planted with 8-foot deep borders of perennials and shrubs, with two foot wide maintenance paths inside the walls, designed by Tiziana Hardy. A formal garden comprised of two varieties of boxwood, winter gem and green velvet, container plantings, blocks of stone, and gravel paths was established north of the house. A water garden comprised of three ponds surrounded by compatible plantings lies to the northeast outside the walls. An island bed of ornamental grasses lies east of the house.
Another 300 acres were set aside in 1984 through a conservation easement that protects 40 acres of farmland, more than 200 acres of forest, and an aquifer underlying the Hollenbeck River and watershed from further development. Nearly a mile of the Appalachian Trail transverses the easement property.
In the 1920s during the ownership of Dr. and Mrs. Lieb flower gardens designed by the Elm City Nursery Company, Woodmont Nursery Inc., Landscape Engineers of New Haven, Connecticut, replaced old pastures. The property was no longer farmed and was used as a summer and week-end estate. The subsequent owner, Laurens Hammond, invented the Hammond organ; his widow Roxana Scoville Hammond was responsible for the conservation and protection plan. Some of the agricultural land attached to Henry's Hill has been repurposed as a beef cattle business by the next generation of the owners' family.
Tim Prentice, who renovated the house circa 2000, is a local architect and kinetic sculptor responsible for maintaining the historic character of many houses in the area of Cornwall Hollow.
Persons associated with the garden include Thaddeus Ford and descendants (formers owners, 1782-1860); Heman Harrison (former owner, 1860-1897); M.E. Harrison (former owner, 1897-1906); E. Baldwin (former owner, 1906-1920); Dr. & Mrs. Charles Lieb (former owners, 1920-1957); Laurens & Roxana Scoville Hammond (former owners, 1957-2000); Tiziana Hardy, (landscape designer, 2001); Tim Prentice (redesign of house, 2000-2001); Mary Daalhuyzen (Head gardener, 2001-2008).
Related Materials:
Henry's Hill related holdings consist of 1 folder (18 35 mm. slides (photographs))
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Connecticut -- Cornwall Hollow  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File CT355
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Archival Repository:
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ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref21447
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Pasadena -- The Blossoms

Former owner:
Lowe, Thaddeus S. C.  Search this
Collection Collector:
Marchand, Richard  Search this
Extent:
2 Slides (photographs)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Postcards
Place:
United States of America -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Pasadena
The Blossoms (Pasadena, California)
General:
001: Winter Scene at The Blossom Residence on South Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena, Cal. Postcard circa 1901-1915.

002: "The Blossoms" Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena, Cal. Postcard circa 1901-1915.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- California -- Pasadena  Search this
Mansions  Search this
Observatories  Search this
Lawns  Search this
Terraces  Search this
Flower beds  Search this
Garden borders  Search this
Palms  Search this
Porte-cocheres  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.
Identifier:
AAG.MAR, File CA417
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Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides)
Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides) / California
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb62942503e-1d5d-40b5-992c-7087ef9075c4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-mar-ref1220

Barometer, Thaddeus S. C. Lowe

Materials:
Metal, and glass
Dimensions:
3-D: 96.5 x 5.1cm (38 x 2 in.)
Type:
INSTRUMENTS-Flight Management
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Date:
c.1860
Credit Line:
Donated by the Heirs of Thaddeus C. Lowe
Inventory Number:
A19310040000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location:
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Hangar:
Boeing Aviation Hangar
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a550582b-7a23-4f0c-bfa8-557f0367007a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19310040000

The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices

Title:
Anthology with poems and biography of Phillis Wheatley
Written by:
Caroline May, English, c. 1820 - 1895  Search this
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Subject of:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Published by:
Lindsay and Blakiston, American, 1843 - 1882  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather and cardboard
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 6 5/16 × 1 5/8 in. (22.5 × 16 × 4.1 cm)
Type:
hardcover books
Place printed:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1848
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.25
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d9458d87-8be6-4352-b6c8-4bf49f5cbe49
EDAN-URL:
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Pearls from the American Female Poets

Title:
Anthology with poems and biography of Phillis Wheatley
Written by:
Caroline May, English, c. 1820 - 1895  Search this
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Subject of:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Published by:
Allen Brothers, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather and cardboard
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 7 5/16 × 5 1/2 × 1 7/16 in. (18.6 × 14 × 3.6 cm)
Type:
hardcover books
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1869
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.26
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50b1ebf6b-7549-41e8-b231-575e08492580
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edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.26
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