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Source Collection
Mary Ardenne Hinson collection
Identifier
sc.0308.unf_001.017.001
Description
B/w photo of Arlene Hinson, 12 years old, in the Japanese Garden in Overton Park. The Japanese Garden contains Japanese lanterns, carved statues and even a fake Mt. Fujiyama. It was dismantled in the 1940s due to rising anti-Japanese sentiment. The photograph is from an album kept by Mary Ardenne Hinson between 1913 and 1920.
Date
05/1919
Recommended Citation
"Arlene Hinson in the Japanese Garden in Overton Park, Memphis, Tenn., 1919" (2022). Images. 9.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-hinsonma2/9
Keywords
Mary Ardenne Hinson, Overton Park (Memphis, Tenn.), Japanese Garden (Overton Park)