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Vegetable Garden At "Beacon Hill House" in Newport, Rhode Island, July 1917

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Vegetable Garden At "Beacon Hill House" in Newport, Rhode Island, July 1917
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Johnston, Frances B., "['Beacon Hill House,' Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island. Vegetable garden]," July 1917

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The photograph shows a plentiful vegetable garden at the "Beacon Hill House," also known as Arthur Curtiss James' home, in Newport, Rhode Island. 

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Citation Information 

Johnston, Frances B., "['Beacon Hill House,' Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island. Vegetable garden]," July 1917. Courtesy of Library of Congress