“Woman standing beside potted begonias on porch, message from Rosa to Alice on back.” Via the Samuel Bell Maxey Collection of the Texas State Archives Commons on flickr.
Beautiful plant. Conditions must have been ideal on the porch. Or was it recently evicted from the living room for taking up too much space?
Unfortunately, Rosa’s message to Alice is not revealed. A thank you note for the original cuttings? Or just a little gardening conversation/showing off?
I’m also curious about whether the chicken wire all along the front railings was supporting vining plants or keeping animals (or even chickens) back.
The Archives’ photostream gives no information on the photographer, location, or date for this image. The Samuel Bell Maxey Collection includes the late 19th and early 20th century photographs of the Maxey family of Paris, (northeastern) Texas.
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During WWII, our land was “bought” from us for the expansion of Army’s Camp Maxey. I remember as a very little girl, seeing the Army convoys before we had to move to another location. After the war, the land was offered back to our family. My cousin bought it and his family lives there now.
And it was named for Samuel Bell Maxey. . . .
The photos in the Maxey Collection (the link is in the last paragraph above) are really interesting — lots of portraits.
[…] formal garden of the Samuel Bell Maxey house, Paris, Texas, c.1966, photographer unknown, via the Texas State Archives on flickr […]