Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Philadelphia Flower Show

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  • Date = 1987

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This collection consists of documentation related to the Philadelphia Flower Show from 1829 to the present including tickets, advertisements, posters and high-quality photographs to exhibits and promotional events. Some of the images include buildings that no longer exist, such as Philadelphia's Commercial Museum and Civic Center.
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1987 Philadelphia Flower Show. Tea at Grays Ferry
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Julian, Doug, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Hamilton, Alexander, 1663-1738, Gray's Ferry Tavern (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia Flower Show (1987 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show. Central Feature, Renderings (Drawings), Madison, James, 1751-1836
The 1987 Central Feature "Tea at Grays Ferry" commemorates an historic day, Thursday, July 17, 1787 in the garden of Gray's Ferry Tavern on the banks of the Schuylkill River, where George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton took tea. In Philadelphia to construct the country's constitution. This exhibit recreates this 200-year old garden. Rendering by Doug Julian.
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