“Fuchsias at Stureparken, Stockholm, Sweden. Photographed in June 1912 at the Olympic Games,” an autochrom by John Jäderström, via Tekniska Museet Commons on flickr.
The Stureparken is a small park in a wealthy area of Stockholm near the Östermalm Athletic Grounds, site of the 1912 Games’ equestrian, fencing, and tennis events.
Raspberry bush (bringebær) in Målselv, Norway, 1912, one more autochrome by Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, via Nasjonalbiblioteket (National Library of Norway).
Dream, dream, for this is also sooth.
— William Butler Yeats, from “The Song of the Happy Shepherd“
Blue flowers (blå blomster) in Målselv, Troms, Norway,1912, an autochrome by Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, via Nasjonalbiblioteket (National Library of Norway) Commons on flickr (all photos here).
Resvoll-Holmsem was a Norwegian botanist, natural history educator, and conservationist. She took these rather moody early color pictures for her research.
Ferns (bregner), 1912, in Målselv, a municipality in the county of Troms in northern Norway.
Wild berries, in Målselv, 1912.
Wild berries, in Målselv, 1912.
Antennaria alpina (alpine catsfoot) and Phyllodoce caerulean (mountain heath), July 27, 1911, in Lom, Oppland, in southern Norway.
Gentianella tenella (Lapland gentian) and Sagina nodosa (knotted pearlwort) in Lom, July 6, 1911.
Sedum villosum (hairy stonecrop), Lom, July 16, 1911.
Aconitum lycoctonum (northern wolfsbane) and yarrow (tyrihjelm og ryllik i naturlige omgivelser), in Lom, August 7, 1911.
Pedicularis lapponica (Lapland lousewort), in Lom, July 5, 1911.
Scrub vegetation, at Lom, July 25, 1911.
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Oh I think of Alice gone down, down
under groundcover dreams. . .— John Unterecker, from “…Within, Into, Inside, Under, Within…“
A little Monday morning pink and white…
“Flowers in a greenhouse,” between 1900 and 1930, an autochrome by James W. Chapman-Taylor, via Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand)
“Begonia House, Domain Gardens, Auckland,” 1915, an autochrome by Robert Walrond, via Te Papa Tongarewa.
The irresistible and benevolent light
brushes through the angel-wing begonias. . .The blooms are articulate deluge. . .
Elizabeth Woody, from “Illumination“
“Women on the steps of a multi-story white building with dark timbering,” between 1906 and 1942 (I think before 1920), an autochrome by Arnold Genthe, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The small size of the digital copy of this image makes it difficult to be sure whether the walk areas are brick (like the steps). But I believe they are. (They could be something like decomposed granite.) I love how the tree has been preserved as part of the space.
enclos*ure 