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John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Photograph album, Locust plague of 1915 manuscript

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balboa Park, Botanical Garden, Balboa Park, El Prado Area, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, Botanical Garden, Balboa Park, El Prado Area, San Diego, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1963-B Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000331

Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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, MO

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 of Building No. 139, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Greenhouse, West Pennington Avenue, East ...

Survey number: HABS CO-172-Y Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Missouri Botanical Garden, Museum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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

Missouri Botanical Garden, Museum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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

Nude study for figure of Botany Library of Congress

Nude study for figure of Botany Library of Congress

Study drawing shows the nude allegorical figure of "Botany" for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid covers the dr... More

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boule...

Significance: The greenhouse at Bartram's Garden was constructed by John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist and explorer, in 1760-1761. Despite its later incorporation into a larger st... More

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boule...

Significance: The greenhouse at Bartram's Garden was constructed by John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist and explorer, in 1760-1761. Despite its later incorporation into a larger st... More

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington C...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Potting House was built in 1880 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. This historic structure was at one time adjoined to a cemetery greenhou... More

Botany Worsted Mills, Wool Storage Building, 99 President Street, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Botany Worsted Mills, Wool Storage Building, 99 President Street, Pass...

Significance: The wool storage building was apparently used at a terminal point of the comprehensive wool processing and cloth manufacturing operation. It is a good example of a surviving early 20th century bri... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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 Columbia, DC

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 Columbia, DC

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 Columbia, DC

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 Columbia, DC

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 Columbia, DC

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, Passaic County, NJ

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, Bag Factory, 176 Parker Avenue, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Botany Worsted Mills, Bag Factory, 176 Parker Avenue, Passaic, Passaic...

Significance: Constructed as a bag factory, the building was originally part of Botany Worsted Mills, founded in 1889 as the first fully integrated woolen processing plant in the United States. Survey number:... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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

[Plant tissue, drawn from microscope view, including, at lower right, an oleander leaf]

[Plant tissue, drawn from microscope view, including, at lower right, ...

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Microscope studies of structure of different types of seeds: tulip, stramonium, anagallis, coded arsmart, and azarum]

[Microscope studies of structure of different types of seeds: tulip, s...

Illus. in: The anatomy of plants / Nehemiah Grew. [London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682, plate 71. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Cong... More

School and family charts, accompanied by a manual of object lessons and elementary instruction, by Marcius Willson and N.A. Calkins. No. XIX. Botanical: forms of leaves, stems, roots, and flowers

School and family charts, accompanied by a manual of object lessons an...

11432 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Willson, Marcius, cop... More

Wild flowers of Palestine. Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L)

Wild flowers of Palestine. Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L)

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Department of Agriculture. Chrysanthemum Show

Department of Agriculture. Chrysanthemum Show

A black and white photo of three potted plants, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from similar negatives in collection: LC-H261-6240 and others. Date based on date of negatives in same rang... More

Botanical garden, Christ thorn - Public domain botanical illustration

Botanical garden, Christ thorn - Public domain botanical illustration

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mary Ball Washington house, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia. View to flower garden

[Mary Ball Washington house, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Virg...

Site History. House: Built 1761 with later additions. Today: House extant as part of Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. On slide (printed): "Edward Van Altena" and "71-79 W. 45th St., New... More

A black and white photo of a plant with flowers, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a plant with flowers, Great Depression. FSA...

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spring wisteria - Public domain botanical illustration

Spring wisteria - Public domain botanical illustration

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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, Independent City, MO

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, Independent City, MO

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, Independent City, MO

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, Independent City, MO

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, Independent City, MO

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, Independent City, MO

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

Ortus sanitatis: De herbis et plantis, De animalibus et reptilibus, De auibus et volatilibus, De piscibus et natatilibus, De lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus, De vrinis et earum speciebus, Tabula medicinalis cum directorio generali per omnes tractatus

Ortus sanitatis: De herbis et plantis, De animalibus et reptilibus, De...

Tractatus de animalibus and Tractatus de urinis have special title pages. Rosenwald 181 Goff H-487 Hain-Copinger 8941 BM 15th cent., I, p. 124 (IB.1682) IGI 4901 Klebs 509.3 LC copy: contemporary blind-stamped ... More

Apuleius Herbarium, 15th century

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).

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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

Missouri Botanical Garden, Museum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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

Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great variety of miscellaneous matter, a Florula louisvillensis or, a catalogue of nearly 400 genera and 600 species of plants that grow in the vicinity of the town, exhibiting their generic, specific, and vulgar English names ; to which is added an appendix, containing an accurate account of the earthquakes experienced here from the 16th December, 1811, to the 7th February, 1812, extracted principally from the papers of the late J. Brookes. Esq.

Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great var...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great variety of miscellaneous matter, a Florula louisvillensis or, a catalogue of nearly 400 genera and 600 species of plants that grow in the vicinity of the town, exhibiting their generic, specific, and vulgar English names ; to which is added an appendix, containing an accurate account of the earthquakes experienced here from the 16th December, 1811, to the 7th February, 1812, extracted principally from the papers of the late J. Brookes. Esq.

Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great var...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boule...

Significance: The greenhouse at Bartram's Garden was constructed by John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist and explorer, in 1760-1761. Despite its later incorporation into a larger st... More

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boule...

Significance: The greenhouse at Bartram's Garden was constructed by John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist and explorer, in 1760-1761. Despite its later incorporation into a larger st... More

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, Greenhouse, 54th Street & LIndbergh Boule...

Significance: The greenhouse at Bartram's Garden was constructed by John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist and explorer, in 1760-1761. Despite its later incorporation into a larger st... More

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington C...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Potting House was built in 1880 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. This historic structure was at one time adjoined to a cemetery greenhou... More

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington C...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Potting House was built in 1880 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. This historic structure was at one time adjoined to a cemetery greenhou... More

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington C...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Potting House was built in 1880 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. This historic structure was at one time adjoined to a cemetery greenhou... More

Botany Worsted Mills, Wool Storage Building, 99 President Street, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Botany Worsted Mills, Wool Storage Building, 99 President Street, Pass...

Significance: The wool storage building was apparently used at a terminal point of the comprehensive wool processing and cloth manufacturing operation. It is a good example of a surviving early 20th century bri... More

Botany Worsted Mills, Wool Storage Building, 99 President Street, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Botany Worsted Mills, Wool Storage Building, 99 President Street, Pass...

Significance: The wool storage building was apparently used at a terminal point of the comprehensive wool processing and cloth manufacturing operation. It is a good example of a surviving early 20th century bri... More

John Bartram House, Fifty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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 County, PA

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 County, PA

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 Bradford Township), Marshallton, Chester County, PA

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 Bradford Township), Marshallton, Chester County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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 Columbia, DC

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 Columbia, DC

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 Columbia, DC

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 Columbia, DC

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, Passaic County, NJ

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, Bag Factory, 176 Parker Avenue, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Botany Worsted Mills, Bag Factory, 176 Parker Avenue, Passaic, Passaic...

Significance: Constructed as a bag factory, the building was originally part of Botany Worsted Mills, founded in 1889 as the first fully integrated woolen processing plant in the United States. Survey number:... More

Botany Worsted Mills, Bag Factory, 176 Parker Avenue, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Botany Worsted Mills, Bag Factory, 176 Parker Avenue, Passaic, Passaic...

Significance: Constructed as a bag factory, the building was originally part of Botany Worsted Mills, founded in 1889 as the first fully integrated woolen processing plant in the United States. Survey number:... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

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

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

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

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

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