La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding through cactus and haworthia plants, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929
Item Overview
- Title
- La Mortola botanical garden, view of a path winding through cactus and haworthia plants, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929
- Alternative title
- Giardini Botanici Hanbury
- Photographer
- Cornell, Ralph D.
- Date Created
- 1929
- Date
- 1929
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Notes
- Description
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The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Path winding through cactus and haworthia plants in La Mortola botanical garden. - Caption
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Text from nitrate negative: [Semetevisevem?] haworthei - La Mortola - 1929
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: La Mortola 1929
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Dimensions
- 4 x 5 inches
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Names
- Giardino Botanico Hanbury (Mortola, Italy)
- Location
- Italy--Ventimiglia
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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International
Environment
garden walks
Cactus
gardens
Culture
paths
botanical gardens - landscape architecture
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1411_0661
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002b6n24
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.