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Description:: Sketch shows one possibility for an adaptation of the garden outside Fox Movietone Studio in Westwood
Date:: [between 1924 and 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Main entrance to Ketchaoua Mosque in Algiers. At the entrance, 29 steps lead up to a marble portico, with an octagonal minaret on each side. The Mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah, facing the Mediterranean Sea. Between 1845 and 1962, under French rule, the Mosque was converted into the Cathedral of St. Philippe, but was then converted back.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: View from a terrace at the Jardin d'Essais towards a circular pool and people walking on a long promenade. The Mediterranean Sea is visible in the distance.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid, Spain. The palace is in a baroque style. It was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. This view shows a gradually declining staircase, lined with small plinths and a lion statue. The stairs lead to a pool and a small statue of several women perched on a rock. The main palace building is beyond the pool.
Date:: [May 17, 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:: 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

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