Gardens for a Beautiful America, 1895-1935 presents for the first time 250 colored photographs of urban and suburban gardens taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston--photographer of presidents, celebrity authors, tastemakers, and estates of the Country House era.

Published in collaboration with the Library of Congress, Gardens for a Beautiful America, 1895-1935, presents Johnston's colored lantern slides, not seen since the 1930s. They picture New York town house yards, Long Island villas, California hillside terraces and plantations of the South.

Author/Creator: Sam Watters

Publisher: Acanthus Press, in association with the Library of Congress

Description: Cloth bound with dust jacket, 11"x9.25", 376 pages, 300 illustrations including 250 plates

ISBN: 978-0-926494-15-2

Publish Date: April 2012

Price: $79.00

Availability: Ships in 2-3 business days

Product #: 21120206