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Nineteenth-Century Women Lean In
In honor of Women’s History Month, BPMM Education Committee Chair and board member Joseph P. Cordasco discusses the different lives of two women—both born in the nineteenth century—whose portraits hang at Bartow-Pell. When I tour historic places, I often wonder … Continue reading
Rose Garden Mania: A New York City Garden Club Joins the Craze in 1917
Rose gardens were definitely a thing in the early 20th century. The so-called Queen of Flowers—redolent of summer pleasures—filled gardens large and small with a heady mix of colors, scents, shapes, and sizes that ranged from subtle to dramatic. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Armsea Hall rose garden, Arthur Herrington, Beatrix Farrand, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Garden clubs in the early 20th century, International Garden Club, International Garden Club rose garden, Iselin rose garden at New Rochelle, Journal of the International Garden Club, Jules Gravereaux, Madame Caroline Testout rose, Madame Ravary rose, Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, Pelham Bay Park, Rose gardens, Rose gardens and World War I, Rose gardens in the early 20th century, William Adams Delano, Zelia Hoffman
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Alice Vaughan-Williams Martineau: An Englishwoman’s Crusade to Cultivate American Gardeners
On September 24, 1913, the British writer and garden designer Alice Martineau (ca. 1865–1956) set sail from Southampton for New York on the White Star Line’s legendary RMS Olympic, the enormous luxury ocean liner that was the sister ship of … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Musings, Mansion Musings
Tagged Alice Martineau, Armsea Hall, Cottage gardens, Edith Wharton, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Garden clubs in the early 20th century, Gardening in Sunny Lands, Hurst Court Berkshire, International Garden Club, John Munro and Mary Beecher Longyear, Margaret Waterfield, Martin C. Ebel, Mattie Edwards Hewitt, Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, Mrs. Philip Martineau, RMS Olympic, The Herbaceous Garden, Wellsbridge Cottage, William Robinson, Zelia Hoffman
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Fresh Farm Milk from a Historic Estate: How a New York City Garden Club Helped the War Effort in 1918
It was time to step up. One hundred years ago, America had entered the First World War, and patriotic civilians were eager to contribute on the home front to help defeat the Germans. Meanwhile, milk prices in New York City … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Lakey, Dairy farming, Edward Burnett, Frederick Law Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Infant and Maternal Health in World War I, International Garden Club, James Hamilton, John F. Hylan, Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense, Milk Price Fixing in World War I New York City, Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, Nevis Estate, Nevis Irvington, New York City Tenements, New York Nursery and Child's Hospital, Theodore Roosevelt, Union Settlement, Vanderbilt Clinic, World War I, World War I Convalescent Hospitals, World War I Hospitals in Country Houses, World War I Milk Prices, World War I War Efforts New York City, World War I Women's Work, Zelia Hoffman
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The Irrepressible Zelia
International Garden Club founder and Bartow mansion preservationist Zelia Hoffman (1867–1929) was definitely not a shrinking violet. The hard-charging Newport hostess, transatlantic horticulturalist, country house chatelaine, philanthropist, and political candidate was described by the pseudonymous Old Guard gossip columnist Cholly … Continue reading
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