Category: life in gardens

Life in gardens: Mr. Hesse

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2 Mr. Hesse, Wash, D.C. 1928 or 29, Library of Congress“Mr. Hesse, Bot.[anic] Gardens,” Washington, D.C., 1928 or 29, by National Photo Company, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Years later, did he go back and say, “I remember it as so much bigger. . . “?

1 Mr. Hesse, Wash, D.C. 1928 or 29, Library of Congress

The little boy was almost certainly the son of George Wesley Hess, who was Superintendent and then Director of the U.S. Botanic Garden from 1913 to 1934. There are more photos of the family and the Garden here.

I bless thee, Lord, because I GROW
Among thy trees, which in a ROW
To thee both fruit and order OW.

— George Herbert, from “Paradise”

The Sunday porch: Oxford, Ohio

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woman in hat and stole, Miami University“Woman in hat and stole on porch,” Oxford, Ohio, ca. late 19th or early 20th century, by Frank R. Snyder, via Miami University Archives Commons on flickr.

Is her slight Mona Lisa smile about her nice outfit or the photographer? (Click on the image for a larger view.)

Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness, simply didn’t know where to go shopping.
— Bo Derek

The Sunday porch: celebration

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Anniversary celebration, Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History“Anniversary celebration” from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Unfortunately, the couple’s names, their location, and the date are unknown.

The Luther Hamilton Photograph Collection, from which the picture is taken, contains almost 1,000 photos made or collected by the Luther Myles Hamiltons — Sr. and Jr. — during the first half of the 20th century, principally in and around the town of Crystal Springs, Mississippi.

Click on the image for a larger view — or here.

Let us love nobly, and live, and add again
Years and years unto years. . . .

— John Donne, from “The Anniversary“

Life in gardens: Murray and Emeline

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How to take the snow 2How to take the snow? Well dressed.

Murray and Emeline in 1909, by James Fraser Paige, via Nova Scotia Archives Commons on flickr.

Click on the image to enlarge it. Her fur muff and his hat are great.

A previous “How to take the snow” is here.

The Sunday porch: pots and pans

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Girl on Porch, D. Ullman, Library of Congress“Girl seated at the end of a porch,” ca. 1930, by Doris Ulmann, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

A well-to-do New Yorker, Doris Ulmann trained as an art photographer with Clarence H. White in the 1910s. In the 1920s, she began traveling to the southeastern United States to photograph rural people, particularly in the hills of Kentucky and the Sea Islands of South Carolina — people “for whom life had not been a dance.” She also documented Appalachian folk arts and crafts, working with musician and folklorist John Jacob Niles.