Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - PHS Archives Digital Image Collection

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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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10,000 Trees. Arbor Day Poster
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, rees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
PHS 10,000 Trees donation poster created between 1973-1976. "Give a Tree for Arbor Day. 10,000 Trees for Philadelphia parks. Send contributions to: P.O Box 10,000. Philadelphia, Pa. 19105. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. 1 sheet : illustrations ; 28 x 22 cm
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10,000 Trees. Belmont Plateau
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Schnadelbach Braun Partnership
Plan for the Belmont Plateau, Fairmount Park. From the PHS 10,000 Trees campaign brochure. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. Plan prepared by Schnadelbach Braun Partnership.
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10,000 Trees. Cannister Wrapper
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
PHS 10,000 Trees cannister wrapper created between 1973-1976. Collecting cannisters for loose coins were placed in local plant shops and banks. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. 1 sheet : illustrations ; 14 x 28 cm
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10,000 Trees. Contribution Certificate
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
PHS 10,000 Trees donation certificate created between 1973-1976. "This is to certify that ... has contributed to the 10,000 Trees Reforestration Program in Philadelphia's Parks as part of the 1976 Bicentennial 1976 celebration ... . The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. 1 sheet : illustrations ; 10 x 24 cm
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10,000 Trees. First Tree, 1973
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Rizzo, Frank, 1920-1991, Penn Treaty Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, Rosenbaum, Paul, Welgoss, Teddy, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Planting the first tree in the “10,000 Trees” project. Left to right: Paul Rosenbaum, PHS; Mayor Frank Rizzo; Ernesta Ballard, PHS; and Teddy Welgoss, PHS. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by PHS to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. The Shingle Oak, Quercus imbricaria, was one of the 10 planted in Penn Treaty Park on December 10, 1973.
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10,000 Trees. First Tree, 1973
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Rizzo, Frank, 1920-1991, Penn Treaty Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
In this 1973 photograph, Mayor Frank Rizzo helps school children plant first tree in Penn Treaty Park as part of “10,000 Trees” campaign, a Bicentennial project spearheaded by PHS to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. The Shingle Oak, Quercus imbricaria, was one of the 10 planted in Penn Treaty Park on December 10, 1973.
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10,000 Trees. Garden Club Grove
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Schnadelbach Braun Partnership
Plan for the Garden Club Grove in Fairmount Park. From the PHS 10,000 Trees campaign brochure. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. Plan prepared by Schnadelbach Braun Partnership.
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10,000 Trees. Groves in Philadelphia's Parks
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Schnadelbach Braun Partnership
Locations of Planted Groves and Planted Future Groves in the Philadelphia's Fairmount Park System. From the PHS 10,000 Trees campaign brochure. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. Plan prepared by Schnadelbach Braun Partnership. 1 sheet : illustrations ; 22 cm
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10,000 Trees. Memorial Grove
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Schnadelbach Braun Partnership
Plan for the Memorial Grove in Fairmount Park. From the PHS 10,000 Trees campaign brochure. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. Plan prepared by Schnadelbach Braun Partnership.
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10,000 Trees. Pin Badge, [1973-1977]
Buttons (Information artifacts), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
10,000 Trees pin badge. “10,000 Trees” was a major tree-planting effort organized by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant 10,000 trees in Fairmount Park and 33 smaller Philadelphia parks between 1973 and 1977. This was PHS’s signature project for the Bicentennial and a gift to the City from PHS donors.
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10,000 Trees. Richardson Dilworth Grove
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Schnadelbach Braun Partnership, Dilworth, Richardson, 1898-1974
Plan for the Richardson Dilworth Grove in Fairmount Park. From the PHS 10,000 Trees campaign brochure. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. Plan prepared by Schnadelbach Braun Partnership.
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10,000 Trees. The Children's Forest
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Schnadelbach Braun Partnership
Plan for the Children's Forest in F.D.R. Park. From the PHS 10,000 Trees campaign brochure. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. Plan prepared by Schnadelbach Braun Partnership.
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10,000 Trees. Tree Planting, [1976]
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Kellman, Brian, How Long is Always … A Story of Trees (Film)
Clipping of tree planting during the PHS 10,000 Trees campaign in the 1973-1974 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Yearbook. Caption: "Two Bicentennial projects in one: Filmaker Brian Kellman records a tree planting for the 10,000 Trees Project. The footage will be used as a part of PHS Bicentennial film about trees." Kellman's film produced by PHS is titled "How Long is Always... A Story of Trees."
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10,000 Trees. Tree Planting Ceremony, 1977
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Rizzo, Frank, 1920-1991, Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
 One of the five major Bicentennial projects launched by PHS was “10,000 Trees,” a tree-planting initiative to plant 10,000 trees in Philadelphia owned and maintained parks. The project goal was two-fold: to increase our urban tree canopy and to revitalize and bring attention to Philadelphia parks. 4L is Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo; PHS leader Ernesta D. Ballard is in the center.  Varient photo in  1977 yearbook page 25. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/212301#page/31/mode/1up
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1942 Philadelphia Flower Show. Harold Graham, Fred. J. Michell, Jr. & Arthur Hauenstein
Graham, Harold, Michell, Fred J., Jr., Hauenstein, Arthur, Pennsylvanis Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show
Left to right: Harold Graham, PHS, Fred. J. Michell and A. Hauenstein, Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc., at Philadelphia Flower Show. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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1942 Philadelphia Flower Show. W. Atlee Burpee, Jr. and Lambertus Bobbink
Burpee, W. Atlee (Washington Atlee), Jr., 1894-1966, Bobbink, Lambertus C., 1866-1950, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show, Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery)
W. Atlee Burpee, Jr. on left, with Lambertus Bobbink at the Philadelphia Flower Show, with F.D.R. azaleas in the background. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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26th Street Gateway Project, 1992-1996
Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 26th Street Gateway Project
Coming out of a 1988 study by Andropogan Associates for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society titled Landscape Improvement Plan 26th Street Gateway Corridor into Center City, PHS worked with partners to make the 26th Street Gateway a more inviting welcome to the City of Philadelphia.
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26th Street Gateway Project, 1992-1996. After
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 26th Street Gateway Project
Coming out of a 1988 study by Andropogan Associates for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society titled Landscape Improvement Plan 26th Street Gateway Corridor into Center City, PHS worked with partners to make the 26th Street Gateway a more inviting welcome to the City of Philadelphia.
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26th Street Gateway Project, 1992-1996. After
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 26th Street Gateway Project
Coming out of a 1988 study by Andropogan Associates for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society titled Landscape Improvement Plan 26th Street Gateway Corridor into Center City, PHS worked with partners to make the 26th Street Gateway a more inviting welcome to the City of Philadelphia.
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26th Street Gateway Project, 1992-1996. After
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 26th Street Gateway Project
Coming out of a 1988 study by Andropogan Associates for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society titled Landscape Improvement Plan 26th Street Gateway Corridor into Center City, PHS worked with partners to make the 26th Street Gateway a more inviting welcome to the City of Philadelphia.
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