President's house garden, circa 1931

Object summary

Title: President's house garden, circa 1931
Object ID: GCP-00000335
Date made: circa 1931
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT, Building E1
Maker: Wide World Photos
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: Yes
Exhibition: Liquid Archive

Description

Back garden of MIT president's house. Stamp on verso reads "Boston Herald, Pub. Apr 18, 1931".

Original Caption: "Garden Beauty. Cambridge, Mass.-A general view of the gardens on the estate of the President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., to be shown in the annual exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, April 18 to 25. 4/15/31".

Original Caption: "Garden Beauty Shown on Estate of M.I.T. President General view of gardens on Dr. Karl T. Compton's Cambridge estate, a reproduction of which will be shown in the annual exhibition of the Architectural League of New York April 18 to 25."