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10,000 Trees. First Tree, 1973
10,000 Trees. First Tree, 1973
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Rizzo, Frank, 1920-1991, Penn Treaty Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, Rosenbaum, Paul, Welgoss, Teddy, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Planting the first tree in the “10,000 Trees” project. Left to right: Paul Rosenbaum, PHS; Mayor Frank Rizzo; Ernesta Ballard, PHS; and Teddy Welgoss, PHS. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by PHS to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. The Shingle Oak, Quercus imbricaria, was one of the 10 planted in Penn Treaty Park on December 10, 1973.
10,000 Trees. First Tree, 1973
10,000 Trees. First Tree, 1973
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Rizzo, Frank, 1920-1991, Penn Treaty Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
In this 1973 photograph, Mayor Frank Rizzo helps school children plant first tree in Penn Treaty Park as part of “10,000 Trees” campaign, a Bicentennial project spearheaded by PHS to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. The Shingle Oak, Quercus imbricaria, was one of the 10 planted in Penn Treaty Park on December 10, 1973.
10,000 Trees. Tree Planting Ceremony, 1977
10,000 Trees. Tree Planting Ceremony, 1977
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Rizzo, Frank, 1920-1991, Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
 One of the five major Bicentennial projects launched by PHS was “10,000 Trees,” a tree-planting initiative to plant 10,000 trees in Philadelphia owned and maintained parks. The project goal was two-fold: to increase our urban tree canopy and to revitalize and bring attention to Philadelphia parks. 4L is Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo; PHS leader Ernesta D. Ballard is in the center.  Varient photo in  1977 yearbook page 25. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/212301#page/31/mode/1up