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The Museum's photographic collection has images from the 1860's to the present day - the majority date from the first half of the 20th century. Below is a small selection from our archive.
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Left: Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk 1860s Right: Elaborate parterre 1860s
Parterre at Bodior House in Wales 1870
Grapehouse at Royal Horticultural Society's gardens, Chiswick c.1900
Left: Gardeners at conservatory c.1910 Right: Family with rustic summerhouse c.1915
Children playing c.1910
Left: William & May Copsey with Dora Gillett in orchard at Long Wick c.1905 Right: William & May Copsey, Ilford c.1930
Allotment greenhouse c.1910
Left: Giant Windsor beans photographed by Charles Jones c.1915 Right: Celeriac photographed by Charles Jones c.1915 Both photographs were used in a catalogue from Elphick's of Lewes
Canterbury bells in a garden at Paignton, Devon c.1925
Sissinghurst Castle, Kent 1932
Elphick's Flower Show, Lewes, Sussex c.1935
Dot, John and Mary Davis, Stafford Avenue, Ilford 1948
Festival of Britain Gardens, Battersea Park, London 1951
Suburban garden from Hortico catalogue 1969
The Plumridge garden at Rustwick, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1972 |
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