Summary: | Italian Rose Garden, Maymont Park, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1931-1944. Caption reads: "Maymont Park and museum is a bequest of Major and Mrs. James Dooley to the City of Richmond. It was formerly their private home. The park extends over ninety-five acres, through hill and dale. Five hundred varieties of shrubbery and plants, many of them foreign, adorn the grounds. Rustic bridges, grottoes, bamboo fences, add to its rustic beauty. The Italian garden with its wealth of blooms is gorgeous in brilliant colors. The pagodas are real Japanese." Postcard number: 11481. |
Provider: | Richmond News Company |
Colourpicture Publishers (Firm) |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | North America |
United States of America |
Massachusetts |
Boston |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Virginia |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Richmond |
Temporal subject: |
1931-1940
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1941-1950
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Richmond |
Geographical subject – District: | Maymont Park |
Topical subjects: | Gardens |
Parks |
Roses |
Maymont (Richmond, Va. : Dwelling)
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Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology Postcard Collection
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Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Unknown |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries at http://www.lib.umd.edu/NTL/queries.html. |