Sylvester Manor
- General
- E. N. Horsferd put in the water garden in 1892. It is thought that ASA Gray was linked to this garden.
- Photo attribution based on Library of Congress online catalog record.
- Historic plate number: "24, 142."
- Historic plate caption: "Miss Cornelia Horsford."
- Creator
- Sylvester, Nathaniel
- Sylvester, Constant
- Sylvester, Brinley
- Horsford, Cornelia, 1861-
- Horsford, E. N.
- Photographer
- Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- New York (State) -- Shelter Island
- United States of America -- New York -- Suffolk County -- Shelter Island
- Topic
- Summer
- Picket fences
- Gates
- Garden borders
- Houses
- Creator
- Sylvester, Nathaniel
- Sylvester, Constant
- Sylvester, Brinley
- Horsford, Cornelia, 1861-
- Horsford, E. N.
- Photographer
- Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / New York / NY002: Shelter Island -- Sylvester Manor
- Sponsor
- A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
- Extent
- 1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1949?]
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, Item NY002004
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Lantern slides
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
- Collection Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Bibliography
- Garden has been featured in Alice G. B. Lockwood, ed. and comp., Gardens of Colony and State, Vol. 1 (New York: C. Scribner's Sons for the Garden Club of America, 1931-1934), pp. 254, 276-279.
- Genre/Form
- Lantern slides
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
