Rittenhouse Square Flower Market Photograph Collection

Rhoads, Elise Logan
Large, George Gordon Meade, Mrs.
Garden Club of America
Rittenhouse Square Flower Market Association
Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association
Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Society of Little Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.)
B.F. Kutcher Studio (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Church, Herbert, Mrs.
Ricker Studio Commercial Photography (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Mills, Charles P.
Bell, D. Sargent
Frasier, John, Mrs.
Erskine, Robert, Mrs.
Gimbel Brothers

This collection consists of photographic materials connected to the Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Market founded by Mrs. George Gordon Meade Large debuted on May 20, 1914 and drew its inspiration from Mrs. Large's visit to the Paris Flower Market in the Place de la Madeleine. The Market was envisioned as a charity event and the 1914 event raised The first Flower Market $1,250 each for The Children's Hospital, the Hope Day Nursery, and the Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association

1923-1960

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia County -- Philadelphia

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Rittenhouse Square Flower Market Files, 1914-1981

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Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940

Gift: Rittenhouse Square Flower Market Association

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For more information, contact McLean Library and Archives, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, 215-988-8782, mcleanlibrary@pennhort.org

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. In addition, the Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940 project is supported through a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's Historical Archives and Records Care Grant, a program funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

1. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Child on pony] [between 1923 and 1934] (18 x 12.5 cm.) B.F. Kutcher Studio. Artistic & Commercial Photography. 1406 Spruce St., Phila., PA. Pennypacker 0440 (Verso) -- 2. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. One woman holding dog, one woman holding flowers, stand at garden gate to Market Tent 7] [[between 1923 and 1934] (18 x 12.5 cm.) B.F. Kutcher Studio. Artistic & Commercial Photography. 1406 Spruce St., Phila., PA. Pennypacker 0440 (Verso) -- 3. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Portrait of six standing volunteers] [between 1923 and 1934] (12.5 x 17.5 cm.) B.F. Kutcher Studio. Artistic & Commercial Photography. 1406 Spruce St., Phila., PA. Pennypacker 0440 (Verso). Note: 1st on left, Mrs. Frederick D[…]. 2nd on right, Mrs. Herbert Church. 4. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Visitors to the Market, exhibit tents, and insignia of the Society of Little Gardens, Philadelphia sign in background] [between 1923 and 1934] (20 x 25.5 cm.) Photo by B.F. Kutcher Studio. Artistic & Commercial Photography. 1406 Spruce St., Phila., PA. Kindly give credit (Verso) -- 5. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Volunteers selling potted plants and cut flowers with crowd in background] [between 1923 and 1934] (11.5 x 15 cm.) -- 6. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Market visitors, cart and costumed figure, sign above tent reads San Cristoforo. Hope Day Nursery] [between 1914 and 1934] (11.5 x 15 cm) Note: [San Cristoforo Day Nursery, 1110 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Hope Day Nursery and Settlement House, 510 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia] -- 7. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. 1. Aerial view of visitors to the Market. 2. Aerial view of the alfresco dining area] Recto [[between 1923 and 1934] (12 12 x 15 cm., photos mounted on card 27 x 19 cm.) Photo album page. -- 7A. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. 1. Three standing women with cut flowers. 2. Three standing women wearing head scarves] Verso [between 1923 and 1934] (19.5 x 19.5 cm. and 1 7 x 17 cm. photo mounted on card 27 x 19 cm.) Photo album page. -- 8. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Aerial view of Market visitors and tents] 1932. (19 x 24.5 cm.) Ricker 133 S. 11th St. Philadelphia (Verso) -- 9. Ricker Studio Commercial Photography (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1932. (19 x 24.5 cm.) Ricker 133 S. 11th St. Philadelphia (Verso) -- 10. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Improvised kitchen. Massed cook pots with standing figure] 1932. (19 x 24.5 cm.) Ricker 133 S. 11th St. Philadelphia (Verso) -- 11. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Serving tent interior, beverage urns, and coffee] [1932?] (24.5 x 19 cm) Ricker 133 S. 11th St. Philadelphia (Verso) -- 12. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Serving tent interior, four standing female figures, one standing male figure, and two beverage urns] [1932] [19 x 24.5 x x cm.) Ricker 133 S. 11th St. Philadelphia (Verso) -- 13. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Staging area, three standing female servers, one standing male server, Market visitors in background] 1932. (19 x 24.5 cm.) Ricker 133 S. 11th St. Philadelphia (Verso) -- 14. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Serving tent interior, three standing female figures, one standing male figure with hat, and two beverage urns, aray of cups] 1933. (19 x 24 cm.) Chas. P. Mills, Commercial Photographer, 718-720 Locust Street, Phila., Pa., Lombard 1102-1103 (Verso) -- 15. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Improvised kitchen. Massed wash pots, four standing female figures (end of the day)] [1932?] (19 x 24.5 cm.) Ricker 133 S. 11th St. Philadelphia (Verso) -- 16. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Five standing female workers holding serving trays, ice box in background] 1933. (20 x 25.5 cm.) D. Sargent Bell Photographer, 116 So. 17th St., Phila. Rit8795 (Verso) -- 17. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Improvised kitchen. Standing figures, massed coffee urns, work tables, ice box in background] 1933. ((20 x 25 cm.) Chas. P. Mills, Commercial Photographer, 718-720 Locust Street, Phila., Pa., Lombard 1102-1103 (Verso) -- 18. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Improvised kitchen. Stoves, work tables, Rittenhouse Square lawn in background [1933?] (20 x 25 cm.) Chas. P. Mills, Commercial Photographer, 718-720 Locust Street, Phila., Pa., Lombard 1102-1103 (Verso) -- 19. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Restaurant. Improvised kitchen. Stoves, work tables, Rittenhouse Square lawn in background] 1933. (19 x 24 cm.) Chas. P. Mills, Commercial Photographer, 718-720 Locust Street, Phila., Pa., Lombard 1102-1103 (Verso) 20. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Aerial view of reflecting pool and Market visitors, tents in background] Copy 1 [1932?} (15.5 x 32 cm.) -- 21. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Aerial view of reflecting pool and Market visitors, tents in background] Copy 2 [1932?} (15.5 x 32 cm.) -- 22. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Mrs. John Frasier and Mrs. Robert Erskine] [between 1960 and 1975] (25 x 20 cm.) (John) Mrs. Frasier and Mrs. Robert Erskine -- Recto annotation. -- 23. Untitled [Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. Gimbel Brothers window display honoring the Market] [between 1950 and 1960] (20.5 x 25.5 cm.) Caption: Gimbel Brothers--Philadelphia (Recto) "Gimbels Salutes The Rittenhouse Flower Mart and presents our own flower-print fashions from the Specialty Shop. Third … Market" Pasted slip (Verso): A. Van Hollander, Display Director, Gimbel Brothers, Philadelphia