Saturday, December 27, 2025

Hand-Colored Lantern Slides

Anonymous Photographer
Keyhole Gate
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, Seal Harbor, Maine
ca. 1925
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC


Anonymous Photographer
Chinese Statues flanking Path
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, Seal Harbor, Maine
ca. 1925
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Arcady - Montecito, California
ca. 1925
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Mongazon - Bar Harbor, Maine
ca. 1925
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Moon Gate, Wetmore Estate, Newport, Rhode Island
ca. 1920
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Castle Hill - Cobham, Virginia
ca. 1920
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Windward - Dayton, Ohio
ca. 1930
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Compton Wynyates, Tysoe, Warwickshire
ca. 1925
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Bonaire - West Orange, New Jersey
ca. 1930
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Gifford Garden - Summit, New Jersey
ca. 1939
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Unidentified Rock Garden
ca. 1920
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Unidentified Herbaceous Borders
ca. 1915
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Edward van Altena
Unidentified Herbaceous Border
ca. 1910
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Edward van Altena
Unidentified Garden in Florida
ca. 1910
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Edward van Altena
Casa del Conde de Regla Garden, Mexico City
1937
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Edward van Altena
Bullfight, Mexico City
1937
hand-colored lantern slide
Archives of American Gardens, Washington DC

Anonymous Photographer
Group in Camp
ca, 1890
hand-colored lantern slide
National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC

Testament

Loveliest of what I leave behind is the sunlight,
and loveliest after that the shining stars, and the moon's face,
but also cucumbers that are ripe, and pears, and apples.

– Praxilla (mid-fifth century BC), translated by Richmond Lattimore (1960)