Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Philadelphia Flower Show

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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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1966 Philadelphia Flower Show. First Preview Dinner
1966 Philadelphia Flower Show. First Preview Dinner
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Clark, Noel, Philadelphia Flower Show (1966 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
The woman in the flowered evening dress is Noel Clark, wife of Pennsylvania Senator Joseph Clark. She has just cut the ribbon that opened the 1966 show held in the basement of the Civic Center. At a charge of $25 per person, this first Preview Dinner drew 600 guests. This gala preview to the flower show continues today to be a much anticipated annual social event. It is a fund raiser in support of PHS's community greening programs.
1966 Philadelphia Flower Show. First Preview Dinner Guests at Table
1966 Philadelphia Flower Show. First Preview Dinner Guests at Table
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Philadelphia Flower Show (1966 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Guests at the first Preview Dinner examine program for the 1966 Flower Show.
1970 Philadelphia Flower Show. Gaston Lachaise Standing Woman
1970 Philadelphia Flower Show. Gaston Lachaise Standing Woman
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935. Standing Woman, Philadelphia Flower Show (1970 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Another prominent piece on view in the 1970 art museum exhibit was Gaston Lachaise's 73-inch high bronze Standing Woman, photographed using a fish eye lens, shot by Edmund "Bud" Gilchrist, Jr. during the Preview Dinner cocktail reception on the show floor. French born Lachaise was well known for his stylized and sensuous renderings of female figures. A second casting of his 1927 Floating Figure is one of Philadelphia's public art installations, placed at the Society Hill Townhouses courtyard on Locust Street between 2nd and 3rd streets.
1970 Philadelphia Flower Show. Maillol Ile-de-France. View Two
1970 Philadelphia Flower Show. Maillol Ile-de-France. View Two
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show (1970 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Maillol, Aristide, 1861-1944. Ile-de-France, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
The Philadelphia Museum of Art's 1970 flower show exhibit featured sculpture from the museum's Ingersoll Collection. Aristide Maillol's Ile-de-France was one of the stunning sculptures in this exhibit. Photographer Edmund Gilchrist, Jr. shot this photograph during the Preview Dinner.
1976 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner Committee
1976 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner Committee
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Philadelphia Flower Show (1976 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Decisions about suppliers, costs, decor, menus, seating, and the logistics of the 1973 Preview Dinner were made by the hardworking Preview Dinner committee. Jean Bodine, chair of the committee, is on the right. Volunteers operating in many capacities have always been and continue to be integral to the success of the Philadelphia Flower Show.
1986 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner. Governor Richard Thornburgh
1986 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner. Governor Richard Thornburgh
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Wheeler, Ellen, Dolan, Elizabeth, Thornburgh, Ginny, Philadelphia Flower Show (1986 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pepper, Jane G., Hyndman, Mary, Thornburgh, Dick, Thornburgh, Ginny, Stephano, Lisa, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
This photograph of the 1986 Preview Dinner ribbon cutting includes, left to right, Ellen Wheeler, Preview Dinner coordinator, Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh, Preview Dinner Chair Elizabeth Dolan, PHS President Jane Pepper, Ginny Thornburgh, wife of the governor, Mary Hyndman, Flower Show Chair, and Lisa Stephano, Public Information Coordinator.
1987 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner. Grand Federal Edifice
1987 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner. Grand Federal Edifice
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Philadelphia Flower Show (1987 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Grand Federal Edifice
The 1987 Flower Show Preview Dinner was graced with a replica of the original "Grand Federal Edifice," designed by Charles Willson Peale. That edifice was paraded in the Grand Federal Procession in Philadelphia to celebrate the 1787 ratification of the United States Constitution. This was one of several commemorative events held in 1987, the bicentennial year of the ratification of the Constitution.
1988 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner with Herb Clarke, Governor Casey, Jane Pepper, and Morris Cheston
1988 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner with Herb Clarke, Governor Casey, Jane Pepper, and Morris Cheston
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Clarke, Herb, Casey, Robert P. (Robert Patrick), 1932-2000, Cheston, Morris, Philadelphia Flower Show (1988 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pepper, Jane G., Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
L to r: Herb Clarke, Pennsylvania Governor Robert Casey, Jane Pepper, and Morris Cheston open the 1988 Flower Show at the Preview gala.
1989 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner Ribbon Cutting
1989 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner Ribbon Cutting
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Goode, Wilson, 1938-, Pepper, Jane G., Goode, Velma, Korman, Sallie, Casey, Ellen, Casey, Robert P. (Robert Patrick), 1932-2000, Philadelphia Flower Show (1989 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
The ribbon was cut; the 1989 Flower Show Preview Dinner festivities could begin. Left to right: Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode, PHS President Jane Pepper, Velma Goode, Preview Dinner Chair Sallie Korman, Ellen Casey, and Pennsylvania Governor Robert Casey. After a hectic set-up week, it was a treat to attend the Preview Dinner and see the now completed, beautiful garden displays.
1995 Philadelphia Flower Show. Ed Lindemann, Margo Eremus
1995 Philadelphia Flower Show. Ed Lindemann, Margo Eremus
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Lindemann, Ed, Eremus, Margo, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Philadelphia Flower Show (1995 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Show designer and director Ed Lindemann (Left) works closely with talented and energetic Preview Dinner Committee chair Margo Eremus at the 1995 Flower Show.
1995 Philadelphia Flower Show. Robertson's Exhibit
1995 Philadelphia Flower Show. Robertson's Exhibit
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Robertson's Flowers, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Philadelphia Flower Show (1995 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show. Central Feature
With packing boxes and a moving truck, this segment of Robertson's Flowers of Chestnut Hill's five-part central feature exhibit at the 1995 Flower Show depicted the act of moving out of the Civic Center after 30 years of great shows there. Robertson's has provided the floral arrangements for the Preview Dinner since the early 1970s and has been a major exhibitor for many years.
1996 Philadelphia Flower Show. Jim Straw
1996 Philadelphia Flower Show. Jim Straw
Philadelphia Flower Show (1996 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Straw, James B.
James B. Straw at the 1996 Preview Dinner. Straw was Chair of the Philadelphia Flower Show in 2002 and in 2003.
2007 Philadelphia Flower Show. Garland Cutting
2007 Philadelphia Flower Show. Garland Cutting
Philadelphia Flower Show (2007 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, North/South Ministerial Council (Ireland). Tourism Ireland, Pepper, Jane G., Woods, Christopher, Hansen, Penny, Hill, Harry E., Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
Opening the 2007 Flower Show are left to right:  Two representatives from Tourism Ireland, PHS President Jane G. Pepper, guest designer for Central Feature Christopher Woods, Preview Dinner Chair Penny Hansen, and PHS Council Chair Harry E. Hill. 
2007 Philadelphia Flower Show. Ronan Tynan
2007 Philadelphia Flower Show. Ronan Tynan
Philadelphia Flower Show (2007 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Tynan, Ronan, Irish Tenors, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
Ronan Tynan, a founding member of The Irish Tenors, performs at the 2007 Flower Show Preview gala. 
2007 Philadelphia Flower Show. Ronan Tynan
2007 Philadelphia Flower Show. Ronan Tynan
Philadelphia Flower Show (2007 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Tynan, Ronan, Irish Tenors, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
Ronan Tynan, a founding member of The Irish Tenors, performs at the 2007 Flower Show Preview gala. 
2008 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
2008 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
Philadelphia Flower Show (2008 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Camden City Brass Band
The Camden City Brass Band plays at the Preview of  the 2008 Flower Show. 
2008 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
2008 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
Philadelphia Flower Show (2008 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, D'Alba, Ed, Pepper, Jane G., Hill, Harry E., 3rd, Campbell, Rebecca, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
Left to right at the 2008 Flower Show Preview: Karen D'Alba, Preview Dinner Chair Ed D'Alba, PHS President Jane Pepper, Chair of PHS Council Harry E. Hill, 3rd, and  Show Chair Rebecca Campbell.
2009 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner. Dancers
2009 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner. Dancers
Philadelphia Flower Show (2009 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
Dancers perform during the Preview of the 2009 Flower Show, with its theme “Bella Italia.”
2011 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
2011 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner
Philadelphia Flower Show (2011 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Vermillion, Jason E., Ball, John, Moritz, Melinda, Becher, Drew, Nutter, Michael A., 1957-
(L-R:)PHS Board member Jason E. Vermillion, PHS Chair John Ball, Flower Show Chair Melinda Moritz, PHS President Drew Becher, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter at the Preview Party of the 2011 Philadelphia Flower Show.
2011 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner. Rock School for Dance Education
2011 Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner. Rock School for Dance Education
Philadelphia Flower Show (2011 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show. Preview Dinner, Rock School for Dance Education
Preview Dinner attendees of the 2011 Flower Show were treated to French-themed performances by students of The Rock School for Dance Education. Dancers from this school performed throughout the run of the Show.