China Asters and The Joy of Search

On a whim I typed "China Aster" into the library of Congress image database.  They do have many agricultural images after all.

What popped up made me smile.

• Title: Aster Chinese Restaurant
• Date Created/Published: [between 1918 and 1928]
• Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller

 Wow!  Thonet chairs, too?!

And finally this....when I removed the  "china".  

• Title: [Aster (aster)]
• Creator(s): Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
• Date Created/Published: [between 1915 and 1935]
• Medium: 1 photograph : glass lantern slide, b&w ; 3.25 x 4 in.
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• Title: Astry. Ėti︠u︡d
• Title Translation: Asters. A study
• Creator(s): Prokudin-Gorskiĭ, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1863-1944, photographer

After this I got photos of the Astors :-)