1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
Louisiana -- Saint Francisville
United States of America -- Louisiana -- West Feliciana Parish -- St. Francisville
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Each spring, Rosedown is a mecca for camellia and azalea lovers. The avenue of stately moss-hung live oaks. Little remains of the design of the garden which was once laid out in the formal French manner. The live oaks were planted by Martha, wife of Daniel Turnbull, ancestor of present owners.
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena."
Historic plate number: "82."
Historic plate caption: "Louisiana, The Avenue of Oaks, Rosedown."
Collection Restrictions:
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Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Sponsor:
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
