View of tall tree standing apart from other leafless trees near a bench. Bartram's Garden, the first botanic garden in the country cultivated by botanist and farmer John Bartram in the mid 18th century, was restored by the John Bartram Association in the 1920s after many years of neglect., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.63], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson63.htm
View from a grove of pine trees in West Fairmount Park looking northeast toward the Schuylkill River. In the right foreground, two African American men park guards, attired in caps and uniformed suits, stand in a field divided with wooden fences. In the distant background, the New York Connecting Railway Bridge is visible., Possibly by R. Newell & Son., Title supplied by cataloger., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note written on verso: "Pine Grove.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Jane Carson James, 1990.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.44]
