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Parc de Saint-Cloud, view of a promenade and conical trees, Saint-Cloud, France, 1929

Description:
Grounds at Parc de Saint-Cloud. Saint-Cloud is an affluent area in the western suburbs of Paris. This was the site of Château de Saint-Cloud, which was destroyed during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Now, the grounds remain as part of the Parc de Saint-Cloud. This view shows conical trees, a promenade with a low railing around it, a vase statue and the Eiffel Tower off in the distance.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Parc de Saint-Cloud, view of a promenade and conical trees, Saint-Cloud, France, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view down a walkway enclosed by a pergola supporting Wisteria sinensis, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
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.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view down a walkway enclosed by a pergola supporting Wisteria sinensis, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

La Mortola botanical garden, view down a pergola-covered walkway, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Description:
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.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
La Mortola botanical garden, view down a pergola-covered walkway, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Victor Emmanuel Monument, view from Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1929

Description:
View of the Monumento Nazionale Vittorio Emmanuele II (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II) from Piazza Venezia in Rome. Victor Emmanuel was the first king of unified Italy. The monument was built between 1911 and 1935 and features a central statue of Victor Emmanuel on a horse, Corinthian columns, a wide stairway and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas, a chariot drawn by four horses. The monument is built out of white marble and houses the museum of Italian Reunification and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Date:
March 31, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Victor Emmanuel Monument, view from Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1929

Victor Emmanuel Monument, view from Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1929

Description:
View of the Monumento Nazionale Vittorio Emmanuele II (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II) from Piazza Venezia in Rome. Victor Emmanuel was the first king of unified Italy. The monument was built between 1911 and 1935 and features a central statue of Victor Emmanuel on a horse, Corinthian colums, a wide stairway and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas, a chariot drawn by four horses. The monument is built out of white marble and houses the museum of Italian Reunification and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Date:
March 31, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Victor Emmanuel Monument, view from Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1929

Parc de Saint-Cloud, view of a large pool wtih geometric shape, Saint-Cloud, France, 1929

Description:
Grounds at Parc de Saint-Cloud. Saint-Cloud is an affluent area in the western suburbs of Paris. This was the site of Château de Saint-Cloud, which was destroyed during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Now, the grounds remain as part of the Parc de Saint-Cloud. This view shows a large pool and the beginning of a walkway lined with large trees and a series of small statues.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Parc de Saint-Cloud, view of a large pool wtih geometric shape, Saint-Cloud, France, 1929

Parc de Saint-Cloud, view of a fountain and two rows of small plants, Saint-Cloud, France, 1929

Description:
Grounds at Parc de Saint-Cloud. Saint-Cloud is an affluent area in the western suburbs of Paris. This was the site of Château de Saint-Cloud, which was destroyed during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Now, the grounds remain as part of the Parc de Saint-Cloud. This view shows a circular fountain and two rows of small plants. The area is surrounded by large trees and the town is visible in the distance.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Parc de Saint-Cloud, view of a fountain and two rows of small plants, Saint-Cloud, France, 1929

Vatican City skyline, including St. Peter's Basilica and Ponte Sant'Angelo, view from under the Ponte Umberto I, Rome, Italy, 1929

Description:
Two views of the Vatican City skyline, including St. Peter's Basilica, taken from under the Ponte Umberto I on the Tevere (Tiber River). The bridge seen in front of the City is the Ponte Sant'Angelo, a pedestrian walkway across the river.
Date:
[March 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Vatican City skyline, including St. Peter's Basilica and Ponte Sant'Angelo, view from under the Ponte Umberto I, Rome, Italy, 1929

Ramparts, battlements and towers in the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Description:
Battlements (crenelations) and conical towers in the fortified French town of Carcassonne. The town was officially founded in the fifth century but the settlement was fortified by the Romans even earlier. Structures include fifty-three towers and a double ring of ramparts around the outskirts of the town.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Ramparts, battlements and towers in the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Three little girls and a woman wearing traditional Dutch clothing outside a house, Holland, 1929

Description:
Three little girls, one holding the hand of a woman, outside a house. All are wearing traditional Dutch clothing, including lace head wear, layered dresses and wooden shoes called klompen. The photo was taken in Holland, possibly on the peninsula of Marken in north Holland.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Three little girls and a woman wearing traditional Dutch clothing outside a house, Holland, 1929

Exterior view of the ramparts around the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Description:
Exterior view of the ramparts around the fortified French town of Carcassonne. The town was officially founded in the fifth century but the settlement was fortified by the Romans even earlier. Structures include fifty-three towers and a double ring of ramparts around the outskirts of the town.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Exterior view of the ramparts around the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Exterior view of the ramparts around the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Description:
Exterior view of the ramparts around the fortified French town of Carcassonne. The town was officially founded in the fifth century but the settlement was fortified by the Romans even earlier. Structures include fifty-three towers and a double ring of ramparts around the outskirts of the town.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Exterior view of the ramparts around the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Three little girls and a woman wearing traditional Dutch clothing outside a house, Holland, 1929

Description:
Three little girls outside a house with a fenced-in porch, a woman is watching them from the doorway. All are wearing traditional Dutch clothing, including lace head wear, layered dresses and wooden shoes called klompen. The photo was taken in Holland, possibly on the peninsula of Marken in north Holland.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Three little girls and a woman wearing traditional Dutch clothing outside a house, Holland, 1929

The New Court at St. John's College, view of the cloister and gateway, Cambridge, England, 1929

Description:
The New Court building at St. John's College, a constituent of the University of Cambridge. The New Court was designed by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson and built between 1826 and 1831. It is in the Gothic Style with battlements, pinnacles, and a cloister and gateway across one side (viewed here). The New Court's central tower has four blank clock-faces. There are several legends about why the clocks are faceless, including the suggestion that Henry Hutchinson asked that they remain that way so that the building would not lose its symmetry.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
The New Court at St. John's College, view of the cloister and gateway, Cambridge, England, 1929

Fountain at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, view of the fountain, Seville, 1929

Description:
Rectangular pool lined with potted plants with a sculpted fountain at the end. The fountain has water streaming from a basin upon which rests a relief sculpture of two ships, flanked by twisted columns supporting an entablature and scroll finial, and sculpted library shelves with books and putti friezes below. This structure is part of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, a world's fair held in Seville, Spain from May 9, 1929 to June 21, 1930 in the Parque de María Luisa. After a several year period of not contributing buildings to world's fairs, the United States built three structures for Seville.
Date:
May 26, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Fountain at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, view of the fountain, Seville, 1929

Fountain at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, view of the fountain, Seville, 1929

Description:
Rectangular pool lined with potted plants with a sculpted fountain at the end. The fountain has water streaming from a basin upon which rests a relief sculpture of two ships, flanked by twisted columns supporting an entablature and scroll finial, and sculpted library shelves with books and putti friezes below. This structure is part of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, a world's fair held in Seville, Spain from May 9, 1929 to June 21, 1930 in the Parque de María Luisa. After a several year period of not contributing buildings to world's fairs, the United States built three structures for Seville.
Date:
May 26, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Fountain at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, view of the fountain, Seville, 1929

Gardens at Casa del Rey Moro, view of fountain and benches, Ronda, Spain, 1929

Description:
Fountain and benches in the gardens at Casa del Rey Moro in Ronda, Spain. The gardens were designed by French landscape gardener, Jean Claude Forestier in 1912. Casa del Rey Moro was built in the 18th Century and features a Water Mine, a "secret" passage that enabled workers to bring water up to the house from the Guadelevin River below. The passage goes through many chambers, including the "Room of Secrets."
Date:
May 28, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Gardens at Casa del Rey Moro, view of fountain and benches, Ronda, Spain, 1929

Gardens at Casa del Rey Moro, view of stairs and pool, Ronda, Spain, 1930

Description:
Stairs and pool in the gardens at Casa del Rey Moro in Ronda, Spain. The gardens were designed by French landscape gardener, Jean Claude Forestier in 1912. Casa del Rey Moro was built in the 18th Century and features a Water Mine, a "secret" passage that enabled workers to bring water up to the house from the Guadelevin River below. The passage goes through many chambers, including the "Room of Secrets."
Date:
May 30, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Gardens at Casa del Rey Moro, view of stairs and pool, Ronda, Spain, 1930

Gardens at Casa del Rey Moro, view of a planter, Ronda, Spain, 1929

Description:
The gardens were designed by French landscape gardener, Jean Claude Forestier in 1912. Casa del Rey Moro was built in the 18th Century and features a Water Mine, a "secret" passage that enabled workers to bring water up to the house from the Guadelevin River below. The passage goes through many chambers, including the "Room of Secrets."
Date:
May 28, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Gardens at Casa del Rey Moro, view of a planter, Ronda, Spain, 1929

Fountain and bench erected by Angelo Zanetta in front of his family home, San Juan Bautista, 1932

Description:
Fountain and bench placed by Angelo Zanetta in front of his family home, the Plaza Hall-Zanetta House. This house was originally built in 1797-98 by the Spanish for unmarried Mutsun Indian girls but it fell into disrepair during Castro's military presence in the area. In 1868, Zanetta bought the property and used the adobe bricks to to form the ground floor or a two story building. The Zanetta House is in San Juan Bautista State Historic Park, the bell tower of Mission San Juan Bautista can be seen in the background of this photo. Inscription on the fountain says: "Erected, A. Zanetta, 1870."
Date:
August 20, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Fountain and bench erected by Angelo Zanetta in front of his family home, San Juan Bautista, 1932

Two pictures of the La Mission La Purísima Concepción ruins, Lompoc, 1930

Description:
The ruins of Mission La Purísima Concepción, or La Purisima Mission. The original mission was damaged in 1812 by an earthquake and rebuilt in a new location. These buildings were then abadoned in 1843 and fell mostly into disrepair until December 7, 1941, the day of the fully restored mission's dedication.
Date:
July 5, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Two pictures of the La Mission La Purísima Concepción ruins, Lompoc, 1930

Ramparts and towers in the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Description:
Notched brick walls and conical towers in the fortified French town of Carcassonne. The town was officially founded in the fifth century but the settlement was fortified by the Romans even earlier. Structures include fifty-three towers and a double ring of ramparts around the outskirts of the town.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Ramparts and towers in the fortified town of Carcassonne, France, 1929

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, view of the Great Pagoda, Kew, England, 1929

Description:
The Great Pagoda in the southeast corner of Kew Gardens (The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). The pagoda was designed by Sir William Chambers in imitation of the Chinese pagodas. It was erected in 1762 and features ten octagonal storeys, the roofs of which were originally adorned with ceramic tiles and large dragons. The wooden dragons have since rotted away. During WWII, a hole was cut in each floor of the pagoda to allow for drop-testing of model bombs. Kew Gardens spans 121 hectares and serves as a research facility as well as a visitor attraction.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, view of the Great Pagoda, Kew, England, 1929

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, view of the Great Pagoda, Kew, England, 1929

Description:
The Great Pagoda in the southeast corner of Kew Gardens (The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). The pagoda was designed by Sir William Chambers in imitation of the Chinese pagodas. It was erected in 1762 and features ten octagonal storeys, the roofs of which were originally adorned with ceramic tiles and large dragons. The wooden dragons have since rotted away. During WWII, a hole was cut in each floor of the pagoda to allow for drop-testing of model bombs. Kew Gardens spans 121 hectares and serves as a research facility as well as a visitor attraction.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, view of the Great Pagoda, Kew, England, 1929

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, view of geese swimming across the lake, Kew, England, 1929

Description:
Geese swimming quickly across the Lake at Kew Gardens (The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). The Lake covers five acres and is artificial, formed by extending gravel pits which had been excavated to build the Temperate House foundation in the Gardens. Kew Gardens spans 121 hectares and serves as a research facility as well as a visitor attraction.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, view of geese swimming across the lake, Kew, England, 1929

Alexander & Baldwin Building and Oregon Building, view from Bishop Street, Honolulu, 1930

Description:
Exterior view of the Alexander & Baldwin headquarters building (right) and the Oregon Building (left) on Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu. Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. was once part of the "Big Five" companies in Hawaii. Today (2012), it operates in shipping, sugar cane, real estate and agriculture. Address for the building is: 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Date:
September 26, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Alexander & Baldwin Building and Oregon Building, view from Bishop Street, Honolulu, 1930

Rosita Dee Cornell playing in the snow near the Angeles Crest Highway, Angeles National Forest, California, 1937

Description:
Two pictures of Rosita Dee Cornell, daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell, playing in snow near the Angeles Crest Highway, a section of California State Route 2. One picture shows her with a huge snowman and the other shows her making a snowball.
Date:
January 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Rosita Dee Cornell playing in the snow near the Angeles Crest Highway, Angeles National Forest, California, 1937

Two pictures of two-year-old Rosita Dee Cornell by a sink and in a chair-swing, California, 1933

Description:
Two pictures of 27-and-a-half-month-old Rosita Dee Cornell, daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell. One photo shows Rosita Dee standing at a sink, wearing an apron with her finger pointed in the air; the other shows her sitting on an outdoor chair-swing.
Date:
February 12, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Two pictures of two-year-old Rosita Dee Cornell by a sink and in a chair-swing, California, 1933