1896 Scene at the Chrysanthemum Show in the Horticultural Hall
Title
1896 Scene at the Chrysanthemum Show in the Horticultural Hall
Subject
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Day, Frank Miles, 1861-1918
Chrysanthemums
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Chrysanthemum Show (1895)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Newspaper clippings
Description
The 1896 Chrysanthemum Show and Exhibition of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables was a five-day event and the first major show held in PHS's new Horticultural Hall on Broad Street. The exhibition included chrysanthemums, orchids, foliage plants, palms, ferns, Japanese evergreens, ornamental grasses and bamboos, berry-bearing plants, crotons, dracaenas, carnations, caladiums, and roses. Awarded premiums totaled $1,491. This illustration, showing the interior of the new hall, appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on November 11, 1896.
Date
1896
Contributor
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (Provider)
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
For more information, contact McLean Library and Archives, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, 215-988-8782, mcleanlibrary@pennhort.org
Relation
Philadelphia Flower Show Collection
Format
photograph
Language
eng
Type
still image
Identifier
1896ChrysanthemumShow_FS04_JELegacy
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Horticultural Hall (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1896-1917)
Collection
Citation
“1896 Scene at the Chrysanthemum Show in the Horticultural Hall,” PHSMcLeanLibraryDigital, accessed May 15, 2024, https://phsmcleanlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/630.