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1. 1932 group photograph, Philadelphia Flower Show organizers. 1932 group photograph, Philadelphia Flower Show organizers. Flower shows Top row, l to r: E. A. Stroud (Flower Show Committee); David L. Rust (Flower Show Committee, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society); Ella H. Gilbert (office secretary, Philadelphia Flower Show, Inc.); John...
2. 1933 arrangement with buddhist statue 1933 arrangement with buddhist statue Flower shows; Flower arrangements; Buddhas This entry is probably class 502 Monday arrangement of a grouping of five or more miniature containers; each container must not exceed 5 inches in height and 4 inches in width. Space allowed 18 x 30 inches,...
3. 1933 flowers for Eleanor Roosevelt. 1933 flowers for Eleanor Roosevelt. Flower shows; Bouquets; Publicity photographs Two Flower Show officials hold flowers for Mrs. Roosevelt. From the Public Ledger, Friday, March 31, 1933: "A bouquet of choicest blooms on display at the Flower Show will go to the White House this morning...
4. 1952 Philadelphia Flower Show poster contest. 1952 Philadelphia Flower Show poster contest. Contests; Flower shows; Posters; Promotional materials; Publicity photographs Flower Show officials pose with poster contest prize winner. Ben Starkey, show official, is on left. Stamped on verso: Jules Schick Photography Architects Bldg., 17th & Sansom Sts., Philadelphia 3, Pa....
5. 1954 Engel's window display, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 1954 Engel's window display, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Awards; Contests; Window displays Four man judge the floral window displays on Chestnut Street. In the 1950s, Chestnut Street shop windows decorated for Flower Day, to promote the opening of the Philadelphia Flower Show. Here, judges stand...
6. 1954 Styers Nurseries exhibit. 1954 Styers Nurseries exhibit. Flower shows; Exhibitions; Nurseries Styer's Nurseries of Concordville, Pennsylvania, exhibit in the 1954 Philadelphia Flower Show. Styer's exhibit includes four rose plantings. From Florists Exchange and Horticultural Trade World, April...
7. 1956 Philadelphia Flower Show poster. 1956 Philadelphia Flower Show poster. Flower shows; Posters; Publicity; Promotional materials; Contests For many years, Gimbels Department Store and, later, the Philadelphia Bulletin sponsored a Flower Show Poster Contest open to area art students. The 1956 winner is Alfred Sulpizio, a student at Bok Tech...
8. 1970 horticultural sweepstakes winner kisses trophy. 1970 horticultural sweepstakes winner kisses trophy. Flower shows; Victories Joy Mackinney, 1970 Philadelphia Flower Show horticultural sweepstakes winner, kisses the trophy at the awards luncheon. Stamped on verso: Edmind B. Gilchrist, Jr., Photography, 8223 Seminole Ave., Philadelphia...
9. Acme Markets exhibit in the 1969 Philadelphia Flower Show. Acme Markets exhibit in the 1969 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Produce stands; Fruit; Vegetables; Farmers Photograph depicts Acme Market’s flower show exhibit in 1969, featuring a display of fruits and vegetables surrounding a farmer sitting at his stand. Wording on sign on right: “Freshest produce under...
10. Advertising blotter 1933 Philadelphia Flower Show. Advertising blotter 1933 Philadelphia Flower Show. Promotional materials; Ink blotters; Advertising blotters Ink blotter promoting the show, with words "Philadelphia Flower Show, Commercial Museum" and dates "March 27 to April 1, 1933." In lower right, copyright Ruth Murray Miller. In lower left, J. Frank Copeland....
11. Award presentation 1952 Philadelphia Flower Show. Award presentation 1952 Philadelphia Flower Show. Awards; Flower Shows Show officials present awards. On far right: J. Liddon Pennock, Jr. Stamped on verso: Jules Schick Photography Architects Bldg., 17th & Sansom Sts., Philadelphia 3, Pa.
12. Bartlett Tree Expert Company exhibit, 1931 Philadelphia Flower Show. Bartlett Tree Expert Company exhibit, 1931 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Trees Educational exhibit of the F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, headquartered in Stamford Connecticut, with a Philadelphia office at 152 Montgomery Avenue, Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania. Photographer number 11918...
13. Bartlett Tree Expert Company exhibit, 1953 Philadelphia Flower Show. Bartlett Tree Expert Company exhibit, 1953 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Exhibitions; Trees Educational exhibit of the F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, headquartered in Stamford Connecticut, with a Philadelphia office in Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania. Photographer number 159 in lower right corner....
14. Bartlett Tree Experts exhibit, 1952 Philadelphia Flower Show. Bartlett Tree Experts exhibit, 1952 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Trees Bartlett Tree Experts exhibit for the 1952 Philadelphia Flower Show promotes scientific tree care. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, had a local office in Bala Cynwyd,...
15. Beatrice Fenton Nereid fountain, centerpiece of Central Feature, 1935 Philadelphia Flower Show. Beatrice Fenton Nereid fountain, centerpiece of Central Feature, 1935 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Fountains; Sculpture; Central Feature At the center of Thomas W. Sear's central feature is a circular pool with Beatrice Fenton's nereid fountain.
16. Burpee garden exhibit, 1929 Philadelphia Flower Show. Burpee garden exhibit, 1929 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Women A woman stands in the middle of the Burpee garden, an exhibit of the 1929 show. The exhibit consists of an upper and lower level, with a mansion at one end and steps leading down to an elaborately planted...
17. Career of a Rose, 1942 Philadelphia Flower Show exhibit. Career of a Rose, 1942 Philadelphia Flower Show exhibit. Flower shows; Flower arrangements; Roses; Signs and arrangements trace the life of a rose arrangement from Sunday, when the hostess receives a bouquet of roses from her guests through Friday and Saturday when the remaining roses can be floated...
18. Central Feature with Widener acacia collection and hyacinths, 1935 Philadelphia Flower Show. Central Feature with Widener acacia collection and hyacinths, 1935 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Fountains; Sculpture; Acacias; Hyacinths; Central Feature Description of central feature from Horticulture, April 1, 1935, p. 174: "The Philadelphia Flower Show, held as usual in the capacious Commercial Museum, during the week of March 25, was voted unanimously,...
19. Central feature, 1939 Philadelphia Flower Show. Central feature, 1939 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Sculpture; Central Feature “The World of Tomorrow” is this year’s theme, and a nod to the New York World’s Fair. Show layout designed by Walter V. D. Hengel. Central Feature is a huge modernistic garden with a central fountain...
20. Children and Pomona statue, 1956 Philadelphia Flower Show. Children and Pomona statue, 1956 Philadelphia Flower Show. Flower shows; Sculpture; Children; Publicity photographs Two young children, a girl and a boy, pose next to Aristide Maillol's statue of Pomona. Sign below statue reads: " ' Pomona With Lowered Arms' Aristide Maillot, Given by R. Sturgis and Marion B. F. Ingersoll,...
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