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

Object Details

sova.aag.gca_ref4560
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6d8de69dc-2da0-4929-aa55-bbec8197f8ce
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."
Lantern slide maker
Van Altena, Edward
Photographer
Williams, P. H. Mrs.
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
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
Lantern slide maker
Van Altena, Edward
Photographer
Williams, P. H. Mrs.
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 2: International Garden Images / United Kingdom -- England / ENG002: Guildford -- Albury Park
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.
Extent
1 Lantern slide (col., 3.25 x 4 in.)
Date
1929 Jun.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, Item ENG002003
Type
Archival materials
Lantern slides
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Collection Rights
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Genre/Form
Lantern slides
Collection Restrictions
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AAG.GCA_ref4560
Large EAD
AAG.GCA
AAG
Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210189222-1
[Albury Park]: the upper terrace, showing the door (bay) leading to the "Crypta" and a 150-yard-long tunnel through the hillside.: 1929 Jun.
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