Photographer Henry L. Rand and his sister, Margaret Arnold Rand were enthusiastic nature lovers and amateur gardeners. Neighbors of the family home at 49 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, remarked on their beautiful gardens on that property and Henry took several photographs of them. The Southwest Harbor Public Library Rand Collection contains several photographs of flower arrangements and this one of forced tulips in a pot, carefully labeled with the variety. “The Amateurs’ Prizes for forced bulbs went to Miss Margaret A. Rand of Cambridge, first and third, and Henry L. Rand of Jamaica Plain, second. The exhibits in this class showed more than ordinary skill in cultivation.” The requirements for entry were “Six pans, six inches in diameter, grown without the aid of a frame or greenhouse.” First prize was $10, Second Prize $8, and Third Prize $6. Miss Margaret A. Rand was on the Committee for Children’s Gardens. - “Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society” by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1909.
Description: Photographer Henry L. Rand and his sister, Margaret Arnold Rand were enthusiastic nature lovers and amateur gardeners. Neighbors of the family home at 49 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, remarked on their beautiful gardens on that property and Henry took several photographs of them. The Southwest Harbor Public Library Rand Collection contains several photographs of flower arrangements and this one of forced tulips in a pot, carefully labeled with the variety. “The Amateurs’ Prizes for forced bulbs went to Miss Margaret A. Rand of Cambridge, first and third, and Henry L. Rand of Jamaica Plain, second. The exhibits in this class showed more than ordinary skill in cultivation.” The requirements for entry were “Six pans, six inches in diameter, grown without the aid of a frame or greenhouse.” First prize was $10, Second Prize $8, and Third Prize $6. Miss Margaret A. Rand was on the Committee for Children’s Gardens. - “Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society” by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1909. [show more]
Description: This photograph was taken on Newport Avenue in Bar Harbor, slightly south of the present-day Agamont Park. Porcupine Island is in the background.
This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Description: This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html.
Description: Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. [show more]
Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
Description: Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
Description: This photograph was taken at Jane Augusta “Jennie” (Lathrop) Rand - Mrs. Edward Sprague Rand's house. Rand's notes say, "Ten years, house sun".