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[Japanese Garden, Completed Footpaths #1]

Description: Photograph of completed concrete footpaths in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. At bottom is a set of stairs, the footpath descending from a hill visible at bottom right. It splits into two, the rightmost path curling around a small dirt basin at left. Several portions of the footpath remain attached to steel sidings, with mostly barren dirt and some bare trees alongside the paths.
Date: 1972-03~
Location: None

[Japanese Garden Footpath Construction #2]

Description: Photograph of footpaths being constructed at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Workers in the background stand on and near a small excavator and the laid-out path, which has wooden siding and wire meshes installed. A roll of wire mesh stands at left against a tree near a jacket laid on a mound of dirt, unused lumber, a hose, and several wooden stakes.
Date: 1972-03~

[Japanese Garden Landscaping]

Description: Photograph of landscaping work in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Gardeners wield tools and plant shrubs placed in brown containers into the ground along the concrete footpaths of the garden. Several of these shrubs are gathered all along the paths, with workers converging at top center. A barren and steep decline is visible at right.
Date: 1972-03~/1972-04~

[Japanese Garden Pavilion Footpath Construction #3]

Description: Photograph of workers constructing a brick path near a set of porous concrete stairs in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The path in the photograph is half-unfinished, with bricks being laid vertically on the surface. A mason sits near the welded steel siding at right near a pile of reddish bricks, while three other workers at left appear to be pouring grout over the surface of the path, with a trowel and a bucket near them.
Date: 1972-03~

[Japanese Garden Pavilion Footpath Construction #4]

Description: Photograph of workers constructing a brick path near a set of porous concrete stairs in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The path in the photograph is half-unfinished, with bricks being laid vertically on the surface. Two masons sit near the welded steel siding at left near a pile of reddish bricks, while three other workers at right appear to be preparing to lay grout over the surface of the path, with a trowel, a wheelbarrow, and a bucket near them. The siding of an unfinished concrete path is… more
Date: 1972-03~

[Japanese Garden Stream Construction #3]

Description: Photograph of a stream under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Concrete has been poured over the stream, leading to a larger part of the garden's pond, and the empty watercourse contains thin steel wires poking out from within the concrete. Boulders and dirt line the edge of the concrete stream, and an island in the pond is visible at top center projecting from the bottom of the pond.
Date: 1972-03~

[Umstead Teahouse Frame Construction]

Description: Photograph of the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse under construction at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, its frame partially built on a wooden base set on round concrete stilts.The pond it is built over is partially filled with stagnant water. A worker walks across the teahouse's base, while workers in the back sit in front of a Japanese-style pavilion. Pieces of lumber and saw horses are scattered across the site.
Date: 1972-03~
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