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[Dry Garden Base Construction #1]

Description: Photograph of the base of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, which consists of a rectangular enclosure of concrete stilts stuck into the ground. Numerous trenches have been dug around the concrete stilts, which have steel wires projecting out from them, to be used by the wooden frame to be built on it. Several workers walk around the base, and a white truck is visible parked behind the dry garden at right.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736200 -97.365753

[Dry Garden Base Construction #2]

Description: Photograph of the base of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, which consists of a rectangular enclosure of concrete stilts stuck into the ground. Wooden planks have been laid across pairs of stilts, each holding joints for wooden ribs to be laid in between. Several wires are laid across the dry garden's gravel space.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736187 -97.365763

[Dry Garden Base Construction #3]

Description: Photograph of the base of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, which consists of a rectangular enclosure of concrete stilts stuck into the ground. A tractor drives between the stilts, away from the camera, dragging a tool with it and being watched by two workers. An excavator is visible at left between the stilts, and a white truck is parked at right next to a stack of timber.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736205 -97.365777

[Dry Garden Enclosure Construction]

Description: Photograph of the enclosure of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The enclosure, built on short round concrete stilts, has a completed frame, with narrow wooden strips used for parts of the outside wall of the enclosure. The ceiling and several portions of the outside wall remain incomplete. The dry garden's boulders are visible in the garden itself, as well as a tall power pole.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736211 -97.365753

[Dry Garden Frame Construction]

Description: Photograph of a corner of the wooden frame of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, built on multiple short round concrete stilts. One side has not yet been fully built, with numerous exposed joints in the structure at left. Two saw horses rest near the dry garden's base, while pieces of lumber are scattered under and around the frame.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736265 -97.365676

[Dry Garden Landscape Construction]

Description: Photograph of construction of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Workers dig trenches with pickaxes and other tools alongside the gravel landscape of the dry garden, with a small yellow trencher machine and a small tractor driven by another worker besides them. The construction takes place within the unbuilt enclosure of the dry garden, its concrete stilts visible around the workers.
Date: 1970-06~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736054 -97.365736

[Japanese Garden Pavilion Footpath Construction #2]

Description: Photograph of stairs under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden, made out of a porous concrete and built along a hill leading up to the yet-incomplete garden pavilions. The thatched-like gable roof of a completed pavilion is partially visible at right, while the pavilion's wooden porches remain incomplete and visible at center. A worker stands near the concrete stairs is talked to by another worker, standing below him, pointing near his direction.
Date: 1970-12~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736990 -97.366456

[Japanese Garden Pavilion Frame Construction]

Description: Photograph of the wooden frame of a pavilion under construction at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The frame, built on a floating wooden base supported by round concrete stilts, is incomplete, with the base's floor not yet fully built and having only four vertical beams. Another pavilion in a similar state is partially shown at right. The pavilions sit in under the shade of tall trees.
Date: 1970-12~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737022 -97.366490

[Japanese Garden Pavilions, Under Construction]

Description: Photograph of the wooden frame of a pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The pavilion has a tall gabled roof, its crossbeams and ribbing already built, situated on a square wooden frame and a base lined with lumber set on round concrete stilts into the bare soil. A saw horse is visible at right, as well as makeshift stairs leading from the soil to the base.
Date: 1970-12~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737017 -97.366482

[Lake Arbor Construction, Early Work]

Description: Photograph of the Lake Arbor pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The pavilion's base, built on four round concrete stilts projecting to the basin dug out below, is partially built, while only two vertical beams have been erected at left. Several planks of lumber rest on the vertical beams, while other pieces of wood, as well as two saw horses at right, sit in stacks around the pavilion. The site of the garden's pond is currently bare and scattere… more
Date: 1970-09~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736120 -97.366119

[Lake Arbor Construction, Near Completion]

Description: Photograph of Lake Arbor, a pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The wooden pavilion, topped with a gable roof, contains benches, thin wooden railings, and rests on concrete stilts projecting to an empty basin below. Lumber is strewn around the pavilion, and the empty pond is lined with dirt and rocks. Trees are scattered across the background.
Date: 1970-09~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736118 -97.366120

[Lake Arbor, Under Construction #1]

Description: Photograph of Lake Arbor, a pavilion under construction in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The wooden pavilion, topped with a low gable roof and containing the beginnings of a wooden barrier, rests on concrete stilts projecting to an empty basin below. Lumber and saw horses are scattered in and around the pavilion, and the empty pond is lined with dirt and rocks.
Date: 1970-09~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736119 -97.366124
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