Title

   [Edgar Theodore Wherry house, 3331 Stephenson Place, Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. Edgar and Gertrude Wherry in their native plant garden]

Contributor Names

   Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer 

Created / Published

   [1921 July]

Subject Headings

   -  Gardens--Maryland--Chevy Chase--1920-1930 
   -  Houses--Maryland--Chevy Chase--1920-1930 
   -  Couples--Maryland--Chevy Chase--1920-1930 

Format Headings

   Lantern slide--Hand-colored--1920-1930. 

Notes

   -  Site History. House: Built 1914. Landscape: Edgar Theodore Wherry, and, Gertrude Smith (Mrs. Edgar Theodore) Wherry. Other: Frances Benjamin Johnston referred to this as the "Wild Garden." Not extant. 
   -  On slide (handwritten): "Dr. E.T. Wherry." Also, blind embossed stamp for "Frances B. Johnston, New York." 
   -  Slide for lecturing on city and suburban gardens. 
   -  Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. 
   -  Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). 
   -  Published in Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New York: Acanthus Press, 2012. Plate 190. 
   -  Penciled on slide (not by FBJ?): # 162. 

Medium

   1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in. 

Call Number/Physical Location

   LC-J717-X107- 23 [P&P]

Repository

   Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id

   ppmsca 16667 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16667 

Library of Congress Control Number

   2008675967

Reproduction Number

   LC-DIG-ppmsca-16667 (digital file from original item)

Rights Advisory

   No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

   image 

Description

   1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in. 

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