Details
Title Philadelphia flower show, Commercial Museum, March 7th to 12th 1932. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1932
Date 1932
Physical Description 1 print : color halftone photomechanical print ; sheet 16 x 9 cm (6 x 3.5 in.)
Description Advertisement for the Philadelphia Flower Show depicting a floral exhibit. Shows a trail in a forest with trees, shrubs, and pink azalea bushes. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society organized the first flower show in 1829, although the official Philadelphia Flower Show began in 1925 at the Commercial Museum. The show relocated to the 23rd Armory in 1965, to the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1966, and to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in 1996. The Commercial Museum opened in 1897 at 34th and South Streets, Philadelphia.
Notes Title and date from item.
Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Subject Commercial Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Azaleas -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Shrubs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Trees -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Advertisements -- 1930-1940.
Halftone photomechanical prints -- Colored -- 1930-1940.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.23]
Accession number P.2019.64.23