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Florida cypress tree in Bartram's garden, [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A4049
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Florida cypress tree in Bartram's garden, [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
April 21, 1885
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing a forest at Bartram's Garden, with a particularly large Florida cypress tree in the center of the frame. A man stands in front of the tree, dwarfed by its height and circumference. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891.
Notes
Time: 11:45
Light: Good sun shining.
Photographer's note: Brought from Florida by John Bartram in one of his saddle bags. About 25 ft. in circumference.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Bartram, John, 1699-1777 -- Homes and haunts.
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Trees.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.558]
Accession number
P.9895.558
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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