Here are a couple more photos of the beautiful Bryson taken in 1917.
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below: From this angle, the front portion of the top floor of each wing appear to be open air porches (for lack of a better word).
If you look again at the above photo, you can see large potted trees in this open air area.
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below: In the contemporary photo posted by GaylordWilshire this open area is now enclosed
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