[Detail of Bartram house window, Philadelphia]
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark)
1879-1925
photographer
still image
Graphic
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930
Architectural photographs -- 1920-1930
pau
Philadelphia
PA Philadelphia
ca. 1923
1923
monographic
eng
1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 12 x 10 cm. (4.75 x 3.75 in.)
Close up view of window and architectural stone work surrounding it. Carved in plaque above window: It is God alone almyty Lord, The Holy One by me ador'd, John Bartram 1770. Botanist and farmer John Bartram built his home in 1730-1731 with a 1770 addition and began cultivation of America's first botanical garden. After many years of neglect the house was restored in the 1920s by the John Bartram Association.
Manuscript note by photographer on verso: Bartram Gardens Phila.
Forms part of: George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection.
Bartram, John
1699-1777
Homes and haunts
Dwellings
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Gardens
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fifty-third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
South
1650
Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
P.8513.166
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