These are summer flowers, but the picture captures a late fall mood.
An autochrome still life, probably taken in Sweden, ca. 1910s, by John Jäderström, via Tekniska museet on flickr (under CC license).
Category: European gardens
Laholm, Sweden
“King Ise’s Mound,” a prehistoric burial mound from the Bronze Age, Laholm, Halland County, Sweden, August 1924, by Berit Wallenberg, via Swedish National Heritage Board.
Berit Wallenberg was a Swedish archaeologist, art historian, and amateur photographer.
A visitor
Maison de la Famille Lassagne, September 22, 1897, by Eugène Trutat, (cropped very slightly by me) via Bibliothèque de Toulouse Commons on flickr.
Life in gardens: elephant ride
Jardim Zoológico, Lisbon, Portugal, 1927, by Mário Novais, via Biblioteca de Arte / Art Library Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian on flickr (used under CC license).
The Lisbon Zoo was founded in 1884 and moved to its current location in 1905. This may be a photo of the zoo’s first African elephant, which it received in 1926, a gift from the King of Italy.
Vintage landscape: huis Nijenburg
Another sketch by C.W. Bruinvis: the front of Nijenburg house with a wide pond, statues, and clipped hedges, Heiloo, Netherlands, 1895, via Regionaal Archief Alkmaar Commons on flickr.
Today the estate is a nature reserve. The house, of course, is a romantic wedding venue.
There’s a 2011 photo of practically the same view as above here.
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