English: About this Item
Title
[Edgar Theodore Wherry house, 3331 Stephenson Place, Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. Edgar and Gertrude Wherry in their native plant garden]
Contributor Names
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
Created / Published
[1921 July]
Subject Headings
- Gardens--Maryland--Chevy Chase--1920-1930
- Houses--Maryland--Chevy Chase--1920-1930
- Couples--Maryland--Chevy Chase--1920-1930
Format Headings
Lantern slide--Hand-colored--1920-1930.
Notes
- Site History. House: Built 1914. Landscape: Edgar Theodore Wherry, and, Gertrude Smith (Mrs. Edgar Theodore) Wherry. Other: Frances Benjamin Johnston referred to this as the "Wild Garden." Not extant.
- On slide (handwritten): "Dr. E.T. Wherry." Also, blind embossed stamp for "Frances B. Johnston, New York."
- Slide for lecturing on city and suburban gardens.
- 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).
- Published in Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New York: Acanthus Press, 2012. Plate 190.
- Penciled on slide (not by FBJ?): # 162.
Medium
1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-J717-X107- 23 [P&P]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
ppmsca 16667 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16667
Library of Congress Control Number
2008675967
Reproduction Number
LC-DIG-ppmsca-16667 (digital file from original item)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions on publication.
Online Format
image
Description
1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.
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