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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

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

Description:: Two conical trees on a lawn in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church (later rebuilt adjacently) in Grosvenor Park in Chester, England on the River Dee. The park is in Victorian style and it has a Grade II ranking in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The conical trees are probably llex aquifolium (Lilly Gold English Holly).
Date:: July 17, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Woman standing between two men in traditional Dutch clothing. The woman is wearing a stiff lace cap, elbow-length sleeves and a layered skirt. The men have on wide-leg trousers and long-sleeved layered tops. One man is wearing a fur hat; the other has on a flat cap. All three are wearing wooden shoes called klompen. Ocean is in the background.
Date:: [1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Three little girls wearing traditional Dutch clothing, including lace head wear, layered dresses and wooden shoes called klompen, standing in front of a pedestrian street with lots of activity going on in the background.
Date:: [1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: The gardens of La Concepcion Historical-Botanical Gardens (La Concepción Jardín Botánico-Histórico de Málaga) were created by Amalia Heredia Livermore and her husband Marquis Jorge Loring Oyarzabal in 1850. They collected over three thousand species of plants from all around the world for the gardens.
Date:: May 29, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Benches framing a circular open space where walkways converge in the gardens at Alcázar of Seville, a royal palace in Seville, Spain.
Date:: May 25, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Hiawatha Roses and llex aquifolium (Lilly Gold English Holly) in front of the Grosvenor Park Lodge in Grosvenor Park. The Lodge was designed by John Douglas, a local architect. It was originally the park keeper's residence but it is now (2012) the parks and gardens office for the city council.
Date:: July 17, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: The Palacio de Generalife is a palace and country estate that was once connected to the Alhambra (palace and fortress).
Date:: May 30, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Outer wall of the Alhambra, a palace and fortress in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Built during the mid 14th century.
Date:: May 30, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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