"Mrs. John L. Gardner Hostess in a Novel Role"
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The Boston Globe
(established Boston, 1872 )
Date21 August 1905
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions31.8 x 26 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.100018
eMuseum ID716970
EmbARK ObjectID42211
TMS Source ID20869
Last Updated8/9/24
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryInspired by the City Beautiful movement to beautify urban areas during the turn of the 20th century, the city of Boston created competions for city residents to create the most impressive window boxes and gardens in their neighborhoods. This 1905 Boston Globe article highlights Isabella’s role of sponsoring the prizes and hosting the winners at her own extensive gardens at her home in Brookline, Massachusetts called Green Hill.
BibliographyNotesDakota Jackson, "Urban Gardening and Isabella's Flower Day Prizes," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 6 July 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/urban-gardening-and-isabellas-flower-day-prizes
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp.116-117, fig. 61.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp.116-117, fig. 61.
ProvenanceNotesProbably clipped from the newspaper by Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1905.
Boston Public Library
June 1897
