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Source Collection
Mary Ardenne Hinson collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0308.unf_001.017.001
Description
B/w photograph of Arlene Hinson, 12 years old, in the Japanese Garden in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee, 1919. The photograph is from an album kept by Mary Ardenne Hinson between 1913 and 1920.
The Japanese Garden contained Japanese lanterns, carved statues and even a fake Mt. Fujiyama. It was dismantled in the 1940s due to rising anti-Japanese sentiment.
Date Created
2021
Date
05/1919
Recommended Citation
"Arlene Hinson in the Japanese Garden, Overton Park, Memphis, Tenn., 1919" (2021). Images. 9.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-hinsonma2/9
Keywords
Hinson, Mary Ardenne.; Overton Park (Memphis, Tenn.), Japanese Garden (Overton Park)
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Archival Statement
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