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[Botanic Garden Trees]
Photograph of a pair of trees at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At left is a mescal bean tree, and at right is a ginkgo tree. Both sit in front along a concrete footpath on a shady grass lawn in front of a large stone building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mary Daggett Lake Library]
Photograph of the Mary Daggett Lake Library at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The library, located in the Rock Springs Center, contains bookshelves along the four corners of the room. At center is a wide gray fireplace with a portrait of Mary Daggett Lake hanging above, with bookshelves lined with books on both sides of the fireplace. At center, set upon a large rug, is a wooden table with two adjoining, cushioned wooden tables and a large white book atop it, as well as a pair of reclined white armchairs with adjoining white lamps behind the table. At right there is a large, tiled window, from which the fragrance garden is visible.
Date:
[1963..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Botanic Garden Library Rededication]
Photograph of the rededication of the library in the Rock Springs Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, taking place in the Fragrance Garden. A woman, identified as Deborah Moncrief, stands at a podium giving a speech in front of the Rock Springs Center building, the library window, and a small statue of a cherub. At left are two men identified as Henry Painter and Richard Zavala, and at right is a woman identified as Joyce Capper.
Date:
April 19, 1996
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Botanic Garden Youth Activities]
Photograph of a youth activity at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Multiple children are visible sitting in a grass lawn, each holding a small paper and pencil, with one boy holding out a paper bag. In front of them is a partially obscured adult facing away from the camera and a paper resting on the grass containing an image of a tree's branch with leaves attached on twigs
Date:
[..1985-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Propagation Workshop]
Photograph of a workshop teaching plant propagation to the students of Everman Elementary School at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Inside a room containing lockers and other equipment, numerous children are visible along a black table with black plant containers and piles of soil and perlite, with a gardener standing at the end of the table giving instructions.
Date:
January 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[River Shade House Color Production]
Photograph of a production greenhouse in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden containing beds of predominantly orange and yellow flowers. A brick path runs along the middle of the greenhouse at left, which leads to numerous shrubs and potted trees. Additional beds of other flower species are planted to the left of the path, and hanging flower bushes are visible from the roof of the greenhouse. A wooden fence goes across the background.
Date:
1985~/1999~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Glass Greenhouse Production]
Photograph of a production greenhouse in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden containing elevated beds of flower bushes ranging in color from pink, red, orange, and yellow. Other beds, smaller in size, are located along the right of the path that runs between the planters. Irrigation lines run along the roof of the glass greenhouse.
Date:
1985~/1999~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rainwater Harvesting Tank #1]
Photograph of a wooden rainwater collecting tank at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The tank contains a short cylindrical roof and a pipe running perpendicular to the ground. The Rock Springs Center is visible in the background, as well as multiple shrubs and trees.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rainwater Harvesting Tank #2]
Photograph of a wooden rainwater collecting tank at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The tank contains a short cylindrical roof and a pipe running perpendicular to the ground. Rock Springs Road is visible in the background, as well as multiple bare trees.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Garden Center Flower Show]
Photograph of a flower show in the Garden Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Multiple flowers in vases are displayed on a long table with pleated black skirting, each specimen bearing a paper card with handwritten notes on it. Other flowers are displayed on paper plates, and some have red or blue ribbons placed alongside them. Plant containers are visible in the left background of the image, and an attendant is partially visible at right.
Date:
1994
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gardens Restaurant]
Photograph of the entryway of the Gardens Restaurant at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The entrance, located at the Rock Springs Center, consists of a green arched sign extending from the building that bears the restaurant name and a narrow red carpet jutting out from the automatic glass doors. Flower pots are situated along under the arch, and green and yellow balloons are attached to the arch's standposts.
Date:
August 31, 1995
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Garden Center Naiad Statues #2]
Photograph of two statues of women in front of the Garden Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The first is one of a barefoot woman with tied-back hair sitting on a stone boulder with a raised leg, glancing downwards. The second is that of a woman in a dress lifting her body and extending her right hand upwards. Both statues are situated among patches of yellow flowers and grasses, and sit in front of the Garden Center building, which is prominent in the background.
Date:
1990
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lake Arbor Construction, Near Completion]
Photograph of Lake Arbor, a pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The wooden pavilion, topped with a gable roof, contains benches, thin wooden railings, and rests on concrete stilts projecting to an empty basin below. Lumber is strewn around the pavilion, and the empty pond is lined with dirt and rocks. Trees are scattered across the background.
Date:
1970-09~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lake Arbor Frame Construction #1]
Photograph of the lumber frame of the Lake Arbor pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Long wood planks rest diagonally on it, and stacks of planks, lumber sheets, and two saw horses are visible in front of the frame, which sits in front of a small hill dotted with trees.
Date:
1970-09~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Garden Pavilions, Under Construction]
Photograph of the wooden frame of a pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The pavilion has a tall gabled roof, its crossbeams and ribbing already built, situated on a square wooden frame and a base lined with lumber set on round concrete stilts into the bare soil. A saw horse is visible at right, as well as makeshift stairs leading from the soil to the base.
Date:
1970-12~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lake Arbor, Under Construction #1]
Photograph of Lake Arbor, a pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The wooden pavilion, topped with a low gable roof and containing the beginnings of a wooden barrier, rests on concrete stilts projecting to an empty basin below. Lumber and saw horses are scattered in and around the pavilion, and the empty pond is lined with dirt and rocks.
Date:
1970-09~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lake Arbor Frame Construction #2]
Photograph of the lumber frame of the Lake Arbor pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Long wood planks rest diagonally on it, and stacks of planks, lumber sheets, and two saw horses are visible around the frame, which is held up by two concrete stilts projecting to the empty basin below.
Date:
1970-09~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lake Arbor Construction, Early Work]
Photograph of the Lake Arbor pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The pavilion's base, built on four round concrete stilts projecting to the basin dug out below, is partially built, while only two vertical beams have been erected at left. Several planks of lumber rest on the vertical beams, while other pieces of wood, as well as two saw horses at right, sit in stacks around the pavilion. The site of the garden's pond is currently bare and scattered with dirt and boulders.
Date:
1970-09~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Garden Pond Construction #2]
Photograph of construction work in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Wire mesh is laid out along a large empty dirt basin, which contains a raised dirt mound, one of the future pond's small islands, at left. A large truck with an outstretched concrete pump and a cylindrical concrete mixer is parked at right, flanked by several workers, while another white truck is parked at left behind the basin. Other workers are visible working inside the empty pond, some wielding tools.
Date:
1971-01~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dry Garden Frame Construction]
Photograph of a corner of the wooden frame of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, built on multiple short round concrete stilts. One side has not yet been fully built, with numerous exposed joints in the structure at left. Two saw horses rest near the dry garden's base, while pieces of lumber are scattered under and around the frame.
Date:
1970-06~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dry Garden Construction, Excavation Work]
Photograph of excavation work in the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Inside the uncompleted frame, four workers with shovels dig an oval-shaped hole into the dry garden, exposing the dirt base below. Pickaxes, lumber, and a wheelbarrow are scattered around them.
Date:
1970-05~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dry Garden Base Construction #1]
Photograph of the base of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, which consists of a rectangular enclosure of concrete stilts stuck into the ground. Numerous trenches have been dug around the concrete stilts, which have steel wires projecting out from them, to be used by the wooden frame to be built on it. Several workers walk around the base, and a white truck is visible parked behind the dry garden at right.
Date:
1970-06~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Garden Pavilion Frame Construction]
Photograph of the wooden frame of a pavilion under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The frame, built on a floating wooden base supported by round concrete stilts, is incomplete, with the base's floor not yet fully built and having only four vertical beams. Another pavilion in a similar state is partially shown at right. The pavilions sit in under the shade of tall trees.
Date:
1970-12~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Garden Pavilion Construction, Near Completion]
Photograph of a pavilion in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden nearing completion. Most prominent is its tall gabled roof, which is situated on a square wooden base with a short fence surrounded by a short fence. Another partially-built pavilion is visible at right in front of the finished pavilion.
Date:
1970-12~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History