Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
James C. Sawders
Title:
[Title not known]
Collection Title Date:
1870-1963
Title Date:
March 23, 1948.
Dimensions:
h4.18 in. x w7.18 in.
Current Location:
UCR/California Museum of Photography
Address:
Riverside, California 92521
Object ID:
KU104903
Provenance:
Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/California Museum of Photography,
University of California, Riverside
Object Type:
Stereograph. Silver Gelatin Photoprint.
Heading:
Inscription
Notes:
Near Charleston: looking down Magnolia walk bordered by the brilliant blooming azalea bushes at Magnolia-on-the-Ashl ey, more familiarly known now as Magnolia Gardens. Almost three hundred years ago a Drayton of England migrated to Barbados and later to England [America?], acquiring a large tract of land on the Ashley river, including not only this property but several other plantations. Ever since,the Drayton family and its descendants have owned and occupied Magnolia-on-the-Ashl ey. It was one John Grimke-Drayton, who added his mother's name to his own in order to inherit the lovely place, who is responsible for the beauty of the gardens. He had studied for the ministry, but because of tuberculosis was ordered by his physician to spend his days outdoors. So he turned his attention to the soil and twenty five acres of gorgeous blooms are the result of his efforts and direction. He lived to enjoy the fruits of his work and has left a garden to which thousands of people come annually during the blooming season which begins the camellias in the fall and end with the azaleas in the spring.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/kt8c60157 d

[Title not known]