Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Philadelphia Garden Photographs, 1900-1940: 2. John C. Wister Collection

Active Filters:
  • Date = 1933
  • Subject = Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Radnor

About This Collection

The noted scholar, horticulturist, and landscape architect John Caspar Wister (1887-1982) focused on eastern Pennsylvanian climate and ecology through his work as first director of both the Tyler Arboretum (Media, Pennsylvania) and the Scott Arboretum (Swarthmore College). This collection, comprised of more 400 views on glass, most hand-tinted, illustrated Wister's popular lectures, which he delivered to garden club members, college and university audiences, and horticultural societies in Philadelphia and throughout the United States from 1920s through the 1930s. The slides depict approximately 100 sites--primarily Philadelphia public and private gardens, parks and landscapes, and individual views of plant specimens. Geographically, the slides feature the American East and West, with Europe represented by Switzerland, Germany, France and England, and includes an unattributed subset devoted to China, Japan and Hawaii. This digital project is supported in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Displaying 5 items
Filter
Sunnybrook
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Radnor, Gardeners Garden Club, Clothier, Isaac H., Jr., Mrs.  -- Homes and haunts, Gardening -- Competitions, Garden walks, Garden ornaments and furniture, Benches, Sunnybrook (Radnor, Pa.), Brockie & Hastings (fl. 1903-1919), Wilson Eyre & McIlvaine (fl. 1911-1939), Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of stone steps leading up to stone seat on the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, Jr. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
More
Sunnybrook
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Radnor, Gardeners Garden Club, Clothier, Isaac H., Jr., Mrs.  -- Homes and haunts, Stone Walls, Niches (Architecture), Garden ornaments and furniture, Fountains, Sculpture, Sunnybrook (Radnor, Pa.), Brockie & Hastings (fl. 1903-1919), Wilson Eyre & McIlvaine (fl. 1911-1939), Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of stone wall, grimacing mask set into stone, fountain with scallop shell basin, and stone on the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, Jr. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
More
Sunnybrook
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Radnor, Gardeners Garden Club, Clothier, Isaac H., Jr., Mrs.  -- Homes and haunts, Garden ornaments and furniture, Pools, Sculpture, Boy holding a goose (Sculpture), Sunnybrook (Radnor, Pa.), Wilson Eyre & McIlvaine (fl. 1911-1939), Brockie & Hastings (fl. 1903-1919), Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of lily pool with fountain (possibly Boy with Goose) on the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, Jr. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
More
Sunnybrook
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Radnor, Gardeners Garden Club, Clothier, Isaac H., Jr., Mrs.  -- Homes and haunts, Stone walls, Niches (Architecture), Garden ornaments and furniture, Fountains, Sculpture, Sunnybrook (Radnor, Pa.), Wilson Eyre & McIlvaine (fl. 1911-1939), Brockie & Hastings (fl. 1903-1919), Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of stone wall, grotto with lion's head fountain and pool (associated ornamental elements include copper ladle and glazed urn) on the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, Jr. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
More
Sunnybrook
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Radnor, Gardeners Garden Club, Clothier, Isaac H., Jr., Mrs.  -- Homes and haunts, Ponds, Sunnybrook (Radnor, Pa.), Wilson Eyre & McIlvaine (fl. 1911-1939), Brockie & Hastings (fl. 1903-1919), Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of pond on the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, Jr. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
More