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The Sunday porch: Charleston piazzas
Piazzas and garden, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1910-20, by Detroit Publishing Co., Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. The double side porches of Charleston are traditionally...
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The winter garden: Illinois farmhouse
“Window of farmhouse living room. Mercer County, Illinois. Hired man lives in house on farm which was formerly residence of owner-operator,” November 1936. Photo and caption by Russell Lee, via...
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The Sunday porch: geraniums
More properly called by their genus name, Pelargonium. An enclosed front porch in Chamisal, New Mexico, July 1940, by Russell Lee, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Lee and his...
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Life in gardens: at the window
Stongfjorden, Norway, ca. 1910, by Paul Stang, via Fylkesarkivet i (County Archives of) Sogn og Fjordane Commons on flickr. I love the striped curtains — and those here.
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Vintage landscape: Thornewood
A little Monday morning prettiness. . . The walk to the house from the flower garden at “Thornewood,” Lakewood, Washington, 1923, a hand-colored glass lantern slide by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via...
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The Sunday porch: cozy
Enclosed porch, location unknown, ca. 1900 – ca. 1920s, by Bain News Service, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Nice. . . chintz, wicker, books, and potted geraniums — and I love...
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York Street, Dublin
“A couple watching the world go by from their flat on York Street, Dublin,” 1954, via National Library of Ireland (cropped slightly by me.) The photo was taken by Elinor O’ Brien Wiltshire or her...
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Les Eyquems, France
Les Eyquems, France, September 1925, photographer unknown, via Penny on flickr (used by permission). There’s a quartier of Les Eyquems in the commune of Mérignac in southwestern France, just west of...
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