W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

About this collection

This collection contains nearly 200 images of estate and private gardens in and around Wilmington, Delaware. Photographed between 1920 and 1925 by William C. Spruance, an amateur photographer and advisory member of the Wilmington Garden Club, many of the images are either hand colored lantern slides or color Lumiere Autochrome lantern slides. The collection has not been digitized in its entirety. For a detailed description of the entire collection, click here to view the catalog record.

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: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer roses climbing on trellis in town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: Gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch; Fountain pool, oak, dogwood, arrowood, barberry, tulip tree

: Autumn foliage at The Patch, home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Spruance; Autumn foliage near pond, dogwoods, oaks, maple, beach and willows

: Hedge of lonicera tatarica grandiflora rosea in town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: Tulips and honeysuckle hedge with birdbath in town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: Woman seated at umbrella table in gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch

: Back of house and gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch

: Pond and fountain with yellow iris in gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch

: Child with Asiatic flowering crabapple at The Patch, home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Spruance; Malus floribunda

: American Beauty rose in town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; American Beauty rose (climbing rose) on terrace. House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: Play yard and walled garden in town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: Town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; Iris Pallida Dalmatica, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and Dr. Van Fleet roses, birdbath, climbing roses. House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: Pond in the gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch

: Children in boat on the pond in the gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch

: Woman on bench in the gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch; Phlox divaricata, tulips, and Lonicera tartarica

: Candytuft, tulips and lonicera in town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: Lawn border, iris and dogwood with woman sitting on chair at The Patch, home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Spruance

: Lonicera tartarica and grandiflora rose in the gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch

: Pigeon cote at the Patch, home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Spruance; Pigeon roost in woods

: Bismarck iris and viburnum in gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch

: Tulips and iris in the town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: Iris, tulips and bush honeysuckle with birdbath in the town garden of Alice Lea Spruance; House located at 2507 W. 17th St.

: The gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch; Native shrubs, dogwood,wild garden and pigeon cote with pond and fountain

: The gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch; Vanhoutte spirea, bronze queen tulips on facade of house

: Autumn leaves at The Patch, home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Spruance; Autumn leaves, dogwoods, oaks, beech, willow and maple

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