Finding aid for the Home Gardening Association Photographs
Title:
Home Gardening Association Photographs
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Home Gardening Association
Dates:
1900-1910
Quantity:
0.30 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 The Home Gardening Association was an outgrowth of the Goodrich House Social Settlement and was active in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1900-1910. The Association encouraged students to plant vegetable and flower gardens by providing seeds at nominal cost. The collection consists of mounted views of gardening activities in various schools, neighborhoods, and vacant lots in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The collection provides details of children's clothing during the early 1900s, as well as views of neighborhoods in Cleveland.
Identification:
PG 292
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Home Gardening Association Photographs, 1900-1910, consist of mounted views of gardening activities in various schools, neighborhoods, and vacant lots in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The collection provides details of children's clothing during the early 1900s, as well as views of neighborhoods in Cleveland. Collection consists of 33 black and white photographs that measure 8 x 10 inches.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in original order.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Children's clothing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
Community gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
Gardening -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
Goodrich Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections.
Home Gardening Association (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections.
School gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 292 Home Gardening Association Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Provenance unrecorded.

Detailed Description of The Collection



Home Gardening Association Photographs, 1900-1910

Box 1 / Folder 1
"A Back Yard Garden" - a look at the result from the exchange garden on Hamilton Lake Street, 1905




Box 1 / Folder 2
Doan School, the first move was building the fence by three men, .




Box 1 / Folder 3
Doan School, view of 18 children doing various tasks in the garden during the early vegetable season, .




Box 1 / Folder 4
Doan School view of a flower show in the summer house with vegetables in the foreground, .




Box 1 / Folder 5
East Madison School, view of a flower show in the school hall, including paintings, .




Box 1 / Folder 6
Fairmount School, a large table display of a variety of flowers produced in the children's garden, .




Box 1 / Folder 7
Fairmount School a group of twelve boys in various stages of planting bulbs for indoor blooming, .




Box 1 / Folder 8
Giddings School, view of an indoor floral display exhibit in a large hall of the building, .




Box 1 / Folder 9
Gordon School, a beautiful floral arrangement of many varieties of flowers and plants, .




Box 1 / Folder 10
Jerome Alley, two little girls posing with a bundle of flowers, .




Box 1 / Folder 11
Jerome Alley, a group of children with flowers from the exchange garden, .




Box 1 / Folder 12
Jerome Alley, an extreme close-up view of a section of Folder 11, .




Box 1 / Folder 13
"The Neighborhood Garden," view of a neighborhood garden on Lake Avenue with the United States Marine Hospital and Lake Erie in the background, ca. 1905




Box 1 / Folder 14
Outhwaite School, view showing a group of 39 children laying the gardens, .




Box 1 / Folder 15
Outhwaite School, a group of young gardeners with a day's harvest, ca. 1905




Box 1 / Folder 16
Scranton School, a floral exhibit in the school with a group of 13 children posing within the arrangement, ca. 1904




Box 1 / Folder 17
The Exchange Garden, view of the site where the garden is to be planted, ca. May 1905




Box 1 / Folder 18
The Exchange Garden, children and instructor planting perennial seeds, .




Box 1 / Folder 19
The Exchange Garden, a group of women viewing the garden after two months, .




Box 1 / Folder 20
The Exchange Garden, seven children and an instructor collecting seeds from the garden, .




Box 1 / Folder 21
The Exchange Garden, a group of seven women distributing flowers from this exchange garden, .




Box 1 / Folder 22
The Exchange Garden, the children and their instructor in the garden making cuttings, .




Box 1 / Folder 23
The Exchange Garden, the same group in Folder 22, putting the cuttings in sand, .




Box 1 / Folder 24
Vacant lots, the transformation of vacant lots resulted both pleasant and profitable, .




Box 1 / Folder 25
Vacant lots, example of a garden lot cultivated by four women, .




Box 1 / Folder 26
Vacant lots, another example of a garden lot cultivated by two Hamn Street boys, .




Box 1 / Folder 27
Vacant lots, an overall view of one of the bright spots of a vacant lot garden, .




Box 1 / Folder 28
Vacant lots, another view of a transformation vacant lot garden, .




Box 1 / Folder 29
Vacant lots, a Broadway garden cultivated by a woman age 63, boy age 12, and girl age 10, .




Box 1 / Folder 30
Warren School, a group of children planting crocuses in front of the school, .




Box 1 / Folder 31
Willard School, view of a group of students laying out the garden, .




Box 1 / Folder 32
Willard School, showing a general view of a group of children cultivating a garden, .




Box 1 / Folder 33
Willard School, young girls receiving a lesson in cross pollination, .