Tag: Missouri botanical garden

Violinist on lily pad (ca 1905)

Violinist standing on giant lilypad between 1900-1909
Woman playing violin, standing on lily pad at Shaw’s Garden (Missouri Botanical Garden), in front of Linnean House. Photograph by William G. Swekosky, ca. 1905. [Detail]
A young woman playing the violin, standing on lily pad at Shaw’s Garden (Missouri Botanical Garden), in front of Linnean House. Photograph by William G. Swekosky, ca. 1905. | Missouri History Museum

Woman standing on lily pad (1902)

woman standing on giant lilypad, 1900s
Woman standing on a leaf of Victoria cruziana in the lily pond in front of the Linnean House of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1902. Notice the wood sheet used to distribute her weight, so as to prevent the ripping of the delicate leaf, 1902 | Missouri Botanical Garden
Woman standing on a leaf of Victoria cruziana in the lily pond in front of the Linnean House of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1902.
Notice the wood sheet used to distribute her weight, so as to prevent the ripping of the delicate leaf, 1902 | Missouri Botanical Garden