Explore the sculpture that marked the partnership between landscape architect, Thomas W. Sears and Dr. R. Tait McKenzie of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, to produce three years of groundbreaking Philadelphia Flower Shows. Continue reading
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2024 Philadelphia Lantern Slide Salon – October 10, 2024
Celebrate Archives Month Philly in the Wagner’s historic lecture hall as we view glass lantern slides from area special collections! Continue reading
Philadelphia Lantern Slide Salon – October 19, 2023
Celebrate Archives Month Philly at the Wagner Free Institute of Science as we showcase glass lantern slides from the special collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; the American Philosophical Society; the Historical Society of Frankford; the Penn Museum; the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; and the Wagner Free Institute of Science. Continue reading
Chinatown Community Garden, 1974-1985 – Multi-day exhibit, 2023
Virtual exhibit of Chinatown Community Garden 1974-1985 Continue reading
The Geranium Files: Ken-Watt Court and the Neighborhood Gardens Association – Multi-Day Exhibit, 2022
PHS McLean Library is pleased to present a virtual exhibition, “The Geranium Files: Ken-Watt Court and the Neighborhood Gardens Association.” Continue reading
Mapping the Oasis Garden Club, 1954-1967 – Multi-Day Exhibit, 2022
PHS McLean Library is pleased to present a virtual exhibition, “Mapping the Oasis Garden Club, 1954-1967.” Continue reading
The Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Project – Multi-Day Exhibit, 2022
PHS McLean Library is pleased to present “The Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Project.” Continue reading
“The Acacia Chronicle: Joseph Widener, Thomas Roland, and the United States Botanic Garden” and “Two Women, One Garden: Selections from the Castaña Portfolio” – Multi-day, 2021
PHS McLean Library is pleased to present two virtual exhibitions: “The Acacia Chronicle: Joseph Widener, Thomas Roland, and the United States Botanic Garden” and “Two Women, One Garden: Selections from the Castaña Portfolio.” Continue reading
Miss Matthews Memento: Photographs of the Edgar Allan Poe School Garden – October 22, 2020
To celebrate Archives Month Philly, join PHS McLean Library staff as we examine an intriguing photo album from our archives. Continue reading
All the Presidents’ Flowers: Plants and Flowers for Presidents and First Ladies – Multi-day Exhibit, 2016
This exhibit of archival photographs and nursery catalogs from the library’s collections, features plants named in honor of U. S. presidents and first ladies, and also reflects aspects of the garden history of the White House, with some Philadelphia connections.
All the Presidents’ Gardens with Marta McDowell – October 13, 2016
Come hear author Marta McDowell talk about the fascinating history of the White House gardens.
Philadelphia Lantern Slide Salon – October 08, 2014
“Iris Bowl” garden on the Lloyd estate, Haverford, PA circa 1930. Credit: McLean Library Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 6-8 PM
The Wagner Free Institute of Science
1700 W. Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19121
Free
Please register here
The 2nd Annual Philadelphia Lantern Slide Salon showcases glass lantern slides from the special collections of 6 Philadelphia institutions projected from an historic lantern projector in the Wagner’s Victorian-era lecture hall.
This encore of last year’s popular event will showcase historic lantern slide collections from the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, the Historical Society of Frankford, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Predating the motion picture, lantern slides were used for entertainment and to illustrate educational programs and courses. The salon will be held in the Wagner’s unchanged Victorian lecture hall using an original lantern slide projector. Join us for a rare treat as we revive an old technology in order to see globally significant lantern slide collections drawn from the libraries and archives of Philadelphia’s most distinguished institutions.
More info: http://www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org/syllabi%202014-15/LanternSlideSalon2014.htm
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