Houseplants and flowers compete for sunlight on interior windowsills in this study by accomplished Boston-area amateur photographer Hermann Lythgoe.

Hermann Charles Lythgoe: 1874-1962

Hermann Lythgoe was a chemist by training, graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1896. The longtime Director for the Division of Food and Drugs at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in Boston, he was an active amateur photographer from about 1920-40 known to have entered salons in his day. A 1939 mention in a concert program for the Boston Symphony Orchestra stated he was affiliated with the Boston City Club Camera Associates, organizing a group exhibition that year between members of 12 New England Camera Clubs whose work went on display in Symphony Hall.