Albury Park: the upper terrace, showing the door (bay) leading to the "Crypta" and a 150-yard-long tunnel through the hillside.

Object Details

General: Albury Park was visited during the Garden Club of America's June 1929 tour to England, not in July as indicated on the historic plate caption (see below). A complete copy of the GCA tour itinerary was printed in the Bulletin of the Garden Club of America (Fourth Series, No. 5), September 1929, pp. 6-25.; Mount reads: "Mrs. P. H. Williams; Edward Van Altena, 71-79 W. 45th St., N.Y.C."; Historic plate number: "16; W."; Historic plate caption: "[Recto label:] Mrs. P. H. Williams [Verso label:] Albury Park. July 1929. Center of upper terrace."

Place: Albury Park (Guildford, Surrey, England); United Kingdom -- England -- Surrey -- Guildford

Topic: Walls, brick; Doors; Garden borders; Ponds; Outdoor furniture; Terraces; Women; Benches; Gardens -- England -- Surrey -- Guildford

See more items in: The Garden Club of America collection; The Garden Club of America collection / Series 2: International Garden Images / United Kingdom -- England / ENG002: Guildford -- Albury Park

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

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