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Perfect pools and crazy courtyards!

by OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons

Revel in the mix of materials, variety in styles, delightful modernity, and verve of the late 1940s!

This set relishes clean lines and curvy brick paths, savors sprawling lawns and rolling hills, and celebrates a bunch of snappy dressers in smart outfits...

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Man with dog in front yard with rounded brick bed

Multi-tiered lawn with stone rail and flowers, hills in background

Curved stone steps with gravel

Lawn with brick wall and matching brick planter with gorgeous tree in garden

Follow the winding brick path

Stonework planter and wall with brick wall

Patio screen and chair overlooking enclosed garden

Patio screen and chair with man and woman overlooking enclosed garden

Photographers in backyard

European-style courtyard with white brick wall and empty pond

Boxwood border and a lawnmower

Rounded path and stairs with lovely dappled sun on lawn

Rounded stairs and hedge with a view of the rolling hills

The rain falls on a brick patio, view of hills

Bear sculpture in a courtyard

Trees, man, and a brick courtyard

People gathered around a swimming pool with brick patio

People gathered in front of a "modern" house, brick path cutting through lawn

Woman entering house, brick steps and angular brick planters

Flat-roofed house seen from hill

Covered patio with furniture and rough slat wall

Man in a "sharp" suit with wood slat planters and matching slat fence

Tile patio meeting a lawn with a capped privacy fence

Square pond in center of a brick patio on a hill

The door at the end of this stone path leads to the Secret Garden? Or to the bus on the other side of the wall?

Lawn with hedges leading into a wooded area

Have a seat, enjoy the topiary: hedge walls and manicured lawn with brickwork, patio, and planters

Bonsai tree and pond on a balcony

Brickwork patio, capped slat fence, rock wall

2 women by a concrete pool and pool house

Investigating the pool, exploring the yard

Resting and relaxing in the courtyard in fall

Follow the sidewalk, round the bend: 2 men in a circular park with rounded fence

Variety in fencing and wall structure

People gathered in a backyard, man ascending steps

Bricks, angles, different types of garden walls, and sharply dressed visitors

Follow the rounded red brick road

When trees and shadows make art

Have a seat next to the pool, the truck awaits

Planter beds zigzag through the yard, ivy covered hill in back

View of the sprawling landscape from the sprawling lawn

"The Tree of Architecture": aka square windows look out to a circular landscape, man taking notes

Such a lovely brick patio! Man squatting in a blooming yard with a high fence

Ornate white fence