Flower Power

The early Southland boosters exported images of neat suburban streets awash in riotous blooms of color, bungalows enshrouded by exotic flora, with tendrils of green cascading from second floor windowboxes.

Some windowboxes had liners of tin, and more than a few have disappeared, victims of neglect, sacrificed to infestations of stucco, asbestos or aluminum/vinyl siding.  In this instance, only the supporting brackets remain.

As with any other house detail of this joyously decorative period, variations abound, including the broad, shingled box in image opposite.