John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
McCrary-Otts House, 805 Otts Street, Greensboro, Hale County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey number: HABS AL-265 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction
Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...
Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...
Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More
[Trees with medicinal virtues, growing naturally and cultivated in pot...
Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Megenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 55.
[Composite of 11 illustrations of vegetable roots]
Illus. in: The Gardeners kalendar. London, 1760. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Botany; Farms... Vegetables; RBD; Garden'... More
[Group of young women studying plants in normal school, Washington, D....
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Studying botany, Tuskegee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows students at the Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
Steamboat on the Luaboda, Stellenbosch South Africa
Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Confucius Oak, botanical garden
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century
Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).
Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century
Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).
La botanique de J. J. Rousseau,
The plates are of the first state without engr. titles. Cf G. Dunthorpe, Flower abd fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries, 1938 no. 252. Imprint on verso of half title; De l'imprimerie de l. E. Herh... More
The herball: or, Generall historie of plantes
1 v. in 2. On spine: Gerarde herball. Illustrated t.-p., engraved. Four pages, between 30 and 31, incorrectly numbered 29-30, 29-30. "Second edition"--p. [46] at end. First edition published in 1597. "A catalog... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
Photograph album, Locust plague of 1915 manuscript
Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Bartram House, Fifty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Significance: From the National Historic Landmark nomination: The house and gardens of John Bartram stand today as a living memorial to the pioneer American botanist and serve as an eloquent symbol of the rise ... More
John Bartram House, Fifty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...
Significance: From the National Historic Landmark nomination: The house and gardens of John Bartram stand today as a living memorial to the pioneer American botanist and serve as an eloquent symbol of the rise ... More
Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...
Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More
Humphry Marshall House, State Route 162 (Strasburg Road) (West Bradfor...
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The significance of the house related to both architecture and agricultural history. The house is a conservative yet idiosyncratic example of the mid- to late... More
Humphry Marshall House, State Route 162 (Strasburg Road) (West Bradfor...
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The significance of the house related to both architecture and agricultural history. The house is a conservative yet idiosyncratic example of the mid- to late... More
Humphry Marshall House, State Route 162 (Strasburg Road) (West Bradfor...
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The significance of the house related to both architecture and agricultural history. The house is a conservative yet idiosyncratic example of the mid- to late... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...
Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More
[Bird after bee]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Botany Worsted Mills, Waste Picker House, 176 Parker Avenue, Passaic, ...
Significance: With its "sawtooth" roofline and brick construction, the building is a good surviving example of an early 20th century industrial building. Originally part of the Botany Worsted Mills, this buildi... More
Botany Worsted Mills, Waste Picker House, 176 Parker Avenue, Passaic, ...
Significance: With its "sawtooth" roofline and brick construction, the building is a good surviving example of an early 20th century industrial building. Originally part of the Botany Worsted Mills, this buildi... More
Matlack-Townsend House, 225 North Matlack Street, West Chester, Cheste...
Significance: This house, part of which dates from about 1785, was the residence of the well-known botanist, David Townsend. Survey number: HABS PA-243 Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction ... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain print
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...
Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More
[Nandina bush with berries] / Megata., engraving, Library of Congress
Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Capitol from botanical gardens - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Phot... More
Castor bean plants, for controlling mole infestation
Event: Gail Ballard's garden in Pettry Bottom. Castor beans, also known as "mole beans," are toxic to moles, which find them irresistible. Hence the plants are used to keep moles from damaging gardens.
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century
Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).
The herball: or, Generall historie of plantes
1 v. in 2. On spine: Gerarde herball. Illustrated t.-p., engraved. Four pages, between 30 and 31, incorrectly numbered 29-30, 29-30. "Second edition"--p. [46] at end. First edition published in 1597. "A catalog... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century
Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).
La botanique de J. J. Rousseau,
The plates are of the first state without engr. titles. Cf G. Dunthorpe, Flower abd fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries, 1938 no. 252. Imprint on verso of half title; De l'imprimerie de l. E. Herh... More
Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century
Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).
Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century
Rosenwald 237 Goff H-58 Hain 1322 Copinger 532 (variant) BM 15th cent., IV, p. 131 (IA.19267) (variation) GW 2300 LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Provenance: F.W.T. Hunger, Amsterdam (bookplate).
The herball: or, Generall historie of plantes
1 v. in 2. On spine: Gerarde herball. Illustrated t.-p., engraved. Four pages, between 30 and 31, incorrectly numbered 29-30, 29-30. "Second edition"--p. [46] at end. First edition published in 1597. "A catalog... More
The herball: or, Generall historie of plantes
1 v. in 2. On spine: Gerarde herball. Illustrated t.-p., engraved. Four pages, between 30 and 31, incorrectly numbered 29-30, 29-30. "Second edition"--p. [46] at end. First edition published in 1597. "A catalog... More
The herball: or, Generall historie of plantes
1 v. in 2. On spine: Gerarde herball. Illustrated t.-p., engraved. Four pages, between 30 and 31, incorrectly numbered 29-30, 29-30. "Second edition"--p. [46] at end. First edition published in 1597. "A catalog... More
The herball: or, Generall historie of plantes
1 v. in 2. On spine: Gerarde herball. Illustrated t.-p., engraved. Four pages, between 30 and 31, incorrectly numbered 29-30, 29-30. "Second edition"--p. [46] at end. First edition published in 1597. "A catalog... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...
Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More
Gurney Seed Plant, Second & Capitol Streets, Yankton, Yankton County, ...
Survey number: HABS SD-15 The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which include... More
Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, ...
Significance: The first driving park established in St. Louis and was regarded by the noted 19th century botanist Asa gray as having no equal in the country in variety of foliage. Because of the preservation of... More
Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, ...
Significance: The first driving park established in St. Louis and was regarded by the noted 19th century botanist Asa gray as having no equal in the country in variety of foliage. Because of the preservation of... More
Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, ...
Significance: The first driving park established in St. Louis and was regarded by the noted 19th century botanist Asa gray as having no equal in the country in variety of foliage. Because of the preservation of... More
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Greenhouse, West Pennington Avenue, East ...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-Y Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no co... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, Museum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Loui...
Significance: Representative of the classical mode popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the museum's significance lies in its being one of the first botanical-library-museum-herbarium complexes in the country... More