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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. Pin Badge, [1973-1977]
10,000 Trees. Pin Badge, [1973-1977]
Buttons (Information artifacts), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
10,000 Trees pin badge. “10,000 Trees” was a major tree-planting effort organized by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant 10,000 trees in Fairmount Park and 33 smaller Philadelphia parks between 1973 and 1977. This was PHS’s signature project for the Bicentennial and a gift to the City from PHS donors.