American Mutual, 1959
Item
- Title
- American Mutual, 1959
- Description
- "There were more than 20 varieties of palm trees, most over 20-feet tall, banana trees and rare species of plants in the garden area of the American Mutual building. Soil and humus were brought in from Florida and the rock gardens were constructed of Florida coral rock formations. An electronically-controlled rain and temperature system simulated tropical conditions at all times. The light court and gardens were designed by the building architect and the garden was created and planted by Mulford and Bert Foster of Orlando, Florida. Mulford was the consulting tropical botanist for the Arnold Arboretum and the Smithsonian Institute."
- Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 2015
- Photo courtesy of JC Marketing Associates
- Contributor
- Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
- Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)
- D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
- Coverage
- Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
- Date
- 1959
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Publisher
- Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
- Subject
- American Mutual Life Insurance Company (Wakefield, Mass.)
- Type
- still image
- Photographs
- Original Format
- 1 picture: b & w
- Extent
- 23 x 16 cm.
