Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - PHS Archives Digital Image Collection

About This Collection

This collection documents activities and projects undertaken by or in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society from its inception in 1827 to the 21st Century (apart from Philadelphia Flower Show documentation, which is in a separate collection). The bulk of the material is from originals dating from 1940 - 2010. Consisting of scanned documents and photographic images, born-digital images, and digitized video and audio clips, this collection documents Philadelphia-area horticultural activity including: WWII Victory Garden Harvest Shows; PHS’s work from 1970s forward on urban greening projects created in concert with community leaders and activists; major projects on public landscape revitalization; and vacant land stabilization. This collection traces the trajectory of PHS’s urban greening initiatives starting in the 1970s as its Philadelphia Green program, which, over time, helped Philadelphians create hundreds of community gardens, plant thousands of trees to beautify and cool the city’s streets, to revitalize Philadelphia’s neighborhood parks and to bring new life to iconic public landscapes. Additionally, the collection includes digital images of Meadowbrook Farm a 25-acre property in Abington, Pennsylvania, bequeathed to PHS in 2003 and material related to PHS’s first Pop Up Garden in 2011. The collection is supported in part through a 2020 NEH Cares Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Thomas Meehan. PHS Corresponding Secretary
Thomas Meehan. PHS Corresponding Secretary
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc., Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Meehan, Thomas, 1826-1901
Photograph of portrait of Thomas Meehan by W.N. Jennings. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: History of PHS (2010.05) [1 photograph ; 25 x 20 cm] "Through courtesy of the Meehan Family. Thomas Meehan Corresponding Secretary 1864, 1867-1888"
Tree Tenders. Mindy Maslin
Tree Tenders. Mindy Maslin
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Tree Tenders, Maslin, Mindy
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Tree Tenders program works with volunteer-based community groups to plant trees. The program provides workshops in tree planting and care and volunteer group organization. PHS has trained more than 5,000 people who have gone on to lead volunteers in planting over 1,300 trees each year.
[Unicorn Topiary]
[Unicorn Topiary]
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Photograph of topiary shaped as a unicorn. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: Special Formats (2010.05) [1 photograph ; 17 x 24 cm, mounted on board 22 x 24 cm]
Victory Gardens. Bibb Lettuce
Victory Gardens. Bibb Lettuce
Victory gardens -- Pennsylvania, Vegetable gardening -- Pennsylvania, Lettuce, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of rows of bibb lettuce in a greenhouse, Feb. 22, 1942. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
Victory Gardens. Swathmore Victory Garden
Victory Gardens. Swathmore Victory Garden
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore, Victory gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore, Vegetable gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of Swathmore victory garden. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
Victory Gardens. Thomas, S. J., Garden
Victory Gardens. Thomas, S. J., Garden
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Abington, Victory gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Abington, Vegetable gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Abington, Thomas, S. J. -- Homes and haunts, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of the S. J. Thomas garden in Abington. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
Victory Gardens. Thomas, S. J., Garden
Victory Gardens. Thomas, S. J., Garden
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Abington, Victory gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Abington, Vegetable gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Abington, Thomas, S. J. -- Homes and haunts, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of victory garden in Abington that features 20 kinds of vegetables. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
Victory Gardens. Vegetable Starts
Victory Gardens. Vegetable Starts
Victory gardens -- Pennsylvania, Vegetable gardening -- Pennsylvania, Greenhouses, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of vegetable starts in greenhouse in mid-January. Endive started in June and August; escarole started in November. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
Victory Gardens. Wood, Harry, Garden
Victory Gardens. Wood, Harry, Garden
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore, Victory gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore, Vegetable gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore, Wood, Harry -- Homes and haunts, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of victory garden and stakes. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
[View of Park]
[View of Park]
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Photograph of park and plaque. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: Special Formats (2010.05) [1 photograph ; 21 x 26 cm]
W. Atlee Burpee Jr. Vice-Chairman. Exhibition Committee
W. Atlee Burpee Jr. Vice-Chairman. Exhibition Committee
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc., Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Burpee, W. Atlee (Washington Atlee), Jr., 1894-1966
Photograph of W. Altee Burpee, Jr. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: History of PHS (2010.05) [1 photograph ; 23 z 18 cm] Image appears in PHS Yearbook 1933 (pg. [28])
William Bartram
William Bartram
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc., Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Bartram, William, 1739-1823, United States. National Park Service
View of painting by C. W. Peale of William Bartram. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
William Darlington
William Darlington
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc., Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Darlington, William, 1782-1863
Photograph of a painting by a portrait of William Darlington. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: History of PHS (2010.05) [1 photograph ; 18 x 22 cm] "Portrait at Westchester State College(?) William Dartlington"
William L. Schaffer. PHS President. 1868-1884
William L. Schaffer. PHS President. 1868-1884
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc., Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Schäffer, W. L. (William Lehman), 1805-1884
Photograph of William L. Schaffer by D. Sargent Bell. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: History of PHS (2010.05) [1 photograph ; 26 x 21 cm] "From a portrait made for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. William L. Schaffer Eleventh President 1868-1884" Location of original unknown.
Winter Workshop
Winter Workshop
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Winter Workshop, Philadelphia Green (Program)
Photograph of winter workshop. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: Special Formats (2010.05) [1 photograph : color ; 12 x 16 cm, mounted on board, 14 x 20 cm]
W.P. Wilson
W.P. Wilson
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc., Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Wilson, William P., Cabinet photographs
Portrait photograph of Dr. W.P. Wilson, 640 N. 32nd St., by Harry B. Hansbury. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: History of PHS (2010.05) [1 photograph : cabinet card ; 17 x 11 cm] Member of the Building Committee of New Horticulture Hall 1895
Zaccheus Collins. PHS President. 1829
Zaccheus Collins. PHS President. 1829
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc., Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831
Photograph of image of Zaccheus Collins. Forms part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records: History of PHS (2010.05) [1 photograph ; 26 x 21 cm] "Courtesy of the American Philosophical Society. Zaccheus Collins 2nd President 1829"