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Charles Longfellow in garden of Tokyo house, 1873

Sepia photograph representing a garden with rocks and plants and a Japanese house on the left. A white man is photographed in the center lying on the grass and reading a book.

Charles Longfellow reclines with a book in the garden of his house in Tokyo. He is in the right-center, wearing a kimono. Portions of his clothing and garden plants have been hand tinted in shades of blue and green. Several pieces of European furniture are on the engawa [veranda], including a lacquered table currently in the library at the Longfellow NHS. | Inscription: "The garden" in ink in block letters by Charles Longfellow. | Notes: Silk painting - "Evening Sun at Seta" - on reverse (1008.002/001.001-003 #22). 1872-73 is given in an inscription elsewhere in the album. Probably by Felice Beato, one of a series taken the same day, including Item #14.

Archives Number: 1008.2/1.1-3#6

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Charles Appleton Longfellow Photographs (1008.002), (LONG-Subcollection)
, Photograph Albums (1008.002/001), (LONG-SeriesName)
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, Longfellow - san's album. Group Portraits (1008.002/001.001-003), (LONG-FileUnitName)

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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG

Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938

NPS Museum Number Catalog : LONG 27888

Charles Appleton Longfellow Papers (1008)

Title: Finding Aid to the Charles Appleton Longfellow (1844-1893) Papers, 1842-1996 (bulk dates: 1862-1891)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#CAL

2021-11-04

01/01/1873 - 12/30/1873

Photograph in Charles Appleton Longfellow Papers, Subcollection II. Photographic Materials, Albums, Albums Related to East Asia. (1008.002/001.001)

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