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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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737202 -97.366146

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736888 -97.366708

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736489 -97.366791

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736978 -97.366584

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736071 -97.366372

[Moon Bridge, Under Construction]

Description: Photograph of the Moon Bridge, a wooden arch bridge, being built over an empty concrete stream in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The wooden arch has been attached to concrete bases on both sides of the stream, and the bridge's footpath is partially complete, with two workers sitting on the arch installing the bridge's floorboards with tools in their hands and a stack of lumber behind them. Boulders and dirt line both ends of the stream, and concrete footpaths have been built around the bridge.
Date: 1972-04~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736844 -97.366052

[Umstead Teahouse Base Construction]

Description: Photograph of a wooden and concrete base under construction for the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Several workers lay a flat subfloor over the wooden joists of a lumber frame, built on round concrete stilts projecting into an empty concrete pond below, while other workers stand on the dirt path alongside the pond with tools and wheelbarrows. A Japanese-style gate stands behind them, as well as a small hill with concrete walls at right. Boulders and small trees sit … more
Date: 1972~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737210 -97.365381

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737211 -97.365374

[Umstead Teahouse, Roof Near Completion]

Description: Photograph of the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse under construction in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Built on a wooden base constructed on round concrete stilts, the teahouse remains incomplete, with wooden boards built on the teahouse's sides and the roof nearly completed, covered with a flat material but lacking shingles. Several narrow pieces of wood are laid diagonally on several parts of the teahouse. The pond is mostly filled with stagnant, green water.
Date: 1972-07~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737203 -97.365391

[Umstead Teahouse, Under Construction #1]

Description: Photograph of the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse under construction in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Built on a wooden base constructed on round concrete stilts, the teahouse is not yet complete, with wooden boards built on the teahouse's sides and the roof's frame near completed, its ribs and crossbeams visible but lacking an extended eave on its left side. Several narrow pieces of wood are laid diagonally on several parts of the teahouse. The pond is mostly filled with stagnant water.
Date: 1972~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737199 -97.365381

[Umstead Teahouse, Under Construction #2]

Description: Photograph of the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse under construction in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Built on a wooden base constructed on round concrete stilts, the teahouse is not yet complete, with wooden boards built on the teahouse's sides and the roof's frame completed. Both of the extended eaves are built on the left and right sides and several panels are already installed on the frame. Several narrow pieces of wood are laid diagonally on several parts of the teahouse. The pond is mostly fill… more
Date: 1972-07~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737247 -97.365488
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