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American MemoryLibrary of Congress / Ameritech Award Winner
Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 

American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
American Landscape and Architectural Design Composite

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This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. It represents the work of Harvard faculty, such as Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Bremer W. Pond, and James Sturgis Pray, as well as that of prominent landscape architects throughout the country. The collection offers views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System. In addition to photographs, views of locations around the country include plans, maps, and models. Hundreds of private estates from all over the United States are represented in the collection through contemporary views of their houses and gardens (including features such as formal gardens, terraces, and arbors).

The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning. Digital collections from other institutions complement and enhance the Library's own resources.

The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers.


Special Presentations
Charles Downing Lay: New York City Parks in Use, 1912 | M. S. Sager: Glacier National Park, 1925 | F. L. Olmsted: Boston's  Emerald Necklace
Understanding the Collection

About the Collection

Lantern Slides: History and Manufacture

Harvard University Buildings

Selected Bibliography on the Photography of Architecture and Landscape

From the Learning Page
Collection Connections

Working with the Collection

How to Order Photographic Reproductions

Building the Digital Collection

Copyright and Other Restrictions


The digitization and presentation of these materials by the Frances Loeb Library at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design were supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition.

The source materials for this collection are housed at the Graduate School of Design. The school's Visual Resources Librarian welcomes questions or information about the original materials, including requests for reproductions.


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