Mount Vernon

Object Details

General: Mount reads: "Printed text on plate: Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation; Printed text on mat: Edward Van Altena, 71-79 W. 45th St., N.Y.C."; Historic plate number: "23."; Historic plate caption: "manuscript label on recto: Mount Vernon. South. Air view. Printed text on slide, partially visible from verso: Mount Vernon at present day; [manuscript: From the Air]."

Place: Mount Vernon (Mount Vernon, Virginia); United States of America -- Virginia -- Fairfax County -- Mount Vernon

Topic: Summer; Trees; Lawns; Aerial views; Driveways; Houses; Gardens -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon

See more items in: The Garden Club of America collection; The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Virginia / VA001: Mount Vernon -- Mount Vernon

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.

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

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.

Bibliography: Garden has been featured in Alice G. B. Lockwood, ed. and comp., Gardens of Colony and State, Vol. 2 (New York: C. Scribner's Sons for the Garden Club of America, 1931-1934), pp. 55-65. Image on page 57.

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