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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PHS. Garden Visits. Appleford
Okie, R. Brognard (Richardson Brognard), 1875-1945, Appleford (Villanova, Pa.), Gardens -- History, Gardening -- Societies, etc, Clubs --, Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th Century, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Philadelphia Garden Club, Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of garden with house in the background. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Appleford
Okie, R. Brognard (Richardson Brognard), 1875-1945, Appleford (Villanova, Pa.), Gardens -- History, Gardening -- Societies, etc, Clubs --, Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th Century, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Philadelphia Garden Club, Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
"Appleford" the home of Mrs. Lewis H. Parsons, Villanova, Pa. ; garden wall and border planting. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Appleford
Okie, R. Brognard (Richardson Brognard), 1875-1945, Appleford (Villanova, Pa.), Gardens -- History, Gardening -- Societies, etc, Clubs --, Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th Century, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Philadelphia Garden Club, Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966, Garden ornaments and furniture, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
"Appleford" the home of Mrs. Lewis H. Parsons, Villanova, Pa. was open to PHS members for a Garden Visit of Main Line gardens on May 10, 1947. View of patio and wooden bench in front of house. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Appleford
Okie, R. Brognard (Richardson Brognard), 1875-1945, Appleford (Villanova, Pa.), Gardens -- History, Gardening -- Societies, etc, Clubs --, Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th Century, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Philadelphia Garden Club, Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966, Garden ornaments and furniture, Pennsylvania Horti
View of garden and iron bench. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs., Garden
Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of small alter in garden. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs., Garden
Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of large tree, body of water, and garden sculpture. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs., Garden
Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of driveway and front garden. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs., Garden
Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of house façade from garden. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs., Garden
Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of garden gate and bird house. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs., Garden
Parsons, Lewis H., Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Villanova, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
View of pond through trees. Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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PHS. Garden Visits. Woodley
Woodley (Villanova, Pa.), Gardens -- History, Gardening -- Societies, etc, Clubs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th Century, Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Rosengarten, J. Clifford, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardeners Garden Club, Garden ornament and furniture, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Terraces, Ballustrades, Garden stairs, Sculpture
View of garden and fountain in the garden of Mrs. J. C. Rosengarten's estate "Woodley." Forms part of the Anne Wertsner Wood 35mm Slide Collection (2010.06) [1 slide : color : 35mm]
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