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

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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.
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Deepdene (Wynnewood, Pa.), Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Boericke, Benjamin, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Garden walks
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of stone steps and path on the gardens and grounds of the residence of Mrs. Gideon Boericke. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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Deepdene (Wynnewood, Pa.), Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Boericke, Gideon, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts
Colored glass lantern slide of the house and gardens of Mrs. Gideon Boericke. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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Deepdene (Wynnewood, Pa.), Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Boericke, Gideon, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of the gardens of Mrs. Gideon Boericke. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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Deepdene
Gazebos -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Deepdene (Wynnewood, Pa.), Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Boericke, Gideon, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Gideon Boericke. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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Deepdene
Deepdene (Wynnewood, Pa.), Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Boericke, Gideon, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of the house and gardens of Mrs. Gideon Boericke. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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Thayer, Edmund, Mrs., Garden
Thayer, Edmund, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Durham, Walter Kremer (1896 - 1978)
Color glass lantern slide of the gardens and grounds of the residence of Mrs. Edmund Thayer. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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Thayer, Edmund, Mrs., Garden
Thayer, Edmund, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Durham, Walter Kremer (1896 - 1978)
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of the garden beds on the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Edmund Thayer. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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Thayer, Edmund, Mrs., Garden
Thayer, Edmund, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts, Flowering trees, Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Durham, Walter Kremer (1896 - 1978)
Hand-colored glass lantern slide of a flowering tree on the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Edmund Thayer. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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Thayer, Edmund, Mrs., Garden
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Wynnewood, Thayer, Edmund, Mrs. -- Homes and haunts
Color glass lantern slide of the garden beds on the grounds of the residence of Mrs. Edmund Thayer. Forms part of the John Wister Lantern Slide Collection (2010.02) [1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.​]
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