Photo of the Day

the gardens at Middleton Place in Charleston, South Carolina
December 24, 2012

Charleston, South Carolina

This Month in Photo of the Day: Vintage National Geographic Photographs

An autochrome image captures the vibrant foliage at Charleston, South Carolina's Middleton Place, billed as the home of America's oldest landscaped gardens. The picture was originally published in the August 1940 issue of National Geographic.

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Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

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