“Relaxing in the garden,” photographer unknown, via Genealogical Society of Victoria (Melbourne) on flickr (under CC license).
The young woman on the right is holding up a copy of Smith’s Weekly, a tabloid newspaper published from 1919 to 1950.
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Life in gardens: Ruyl family
Beatrice Baxter Ruyl on the chaise lounge with Barbara, and Mr. Ruyl seated with Ruth, 1913, by F. Holland Day, via The Louise Imogen Guiney Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The photo was probably taken at Five Islands, Maine, where both F. Holland Day and the Ruyl family had homes.
Day was part of the pictorialist movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its photographers posed or otherwise manipulated their images to create ‘fine art.’
Baxter Ruyl illustrated children’s books and also drew for the Boston Herald. She frequently served as a model for Day and Gertrude Käsebier.
Happy Labor Day weekend in the U.S.!
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