Dutch Garden Rockland County Dump, Courthouse, and Jail

Photograph

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Haverstraw Brick Museum

Entry/Object ID

2025.002.392

Description

This photograph was taken facing North. In the background are the Rockland County Jail and Courthouse. The Gardens were a County dump before Mary was asked to create a park on the land. The first step in creating a Garden was to clear the land. Mary's first workers were hired with money from the Temporary Relief Administration.

Photograph Details

Subject

Dutch Garden

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Dutch Garden, Rockland County Courthouse, Rockland County Jail, Rockland County, New York

Series

Dutch Garden Photographs

Collection

Williamson Family Collection

Cataloged By

Luke Spaltro

Acquisition

Accession

2025.002

Source or Donor

Bob Williamson

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Credit Line

Williamson Family

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Mary Horgan Mowbray-Clarke

Role

Photographer

Artist

The Friends of the Dutch Garden

Role

Print Maker

Date made

circa 1933 - circa 1934

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Dutch Garden

Notes

The original photograph was taken circa 1933-1934. The print was created in the 1990s by The Friends of the Dutch Garden.

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mary Horgan Mowbray-Clarke

Owner/Agent

Mary Horgan Mowbray-Clarke

Place

* Untyped Place

The Brocken, South Mountain Road, Pomona, Rockland County, New York, New City

Provenance Detail

The Friends of the Dutch Garden

Owner/Agent

Bob Williamson

Role

Reproducer of photos. Creator of pamphlets and advertising material.

Place

* Untyped Place

Dutch Garden

Provenance Detail

Williamson Family

Owner/Agent

Bob Williamson

Notes

Items in this collection were created by Mary Mowbray-Clarke', or reproduced and reimagined by The Friends of the Dutch Garden. Bob Williamson, a member of the organization and Williamson Family, was bestowed some of Mary's original materials, possibly by Janet Newman.

Name/Title

Dutch Garden Rockland County Dump, Courthouse, and Jail