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.

Search Collection

Search box

: Lower Terrace Garden with pond at Granogue, home of Mr. and Mrs. Irénée du Pont

: Lily and lotus pool with annual border in gardens of Mrs. Harry G. Haskell at Hill Girt

: Pond and fountain at Elton, home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Felix du Pont

: Clara Butt tulips, retroflexa tulips, and phlox in the garden of Charles M. Barton

: Terrace Garden showing pond at Osborne Hill, home of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Harvey

: Lily pond and japenese iris in the garden of Mrs. W. S. Hilles

: Gardens planted by Alice du Pont at the Old Mill, weekend home of T. Coleman and Alice du Pont; Shore of mill pond, naturalzed narcissi and forsythia

: One of the lily ponds in the garden of Mrs. W. S. Hilles

: Bechtal crab and wisteria along shore of lake in the garden of H. F. Brown

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

: Tulips, pond, and bench in an unidentified garden with view of house in background

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

: Child in garden near fountain and irises at Hill Girt, home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Haskell

: 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

: Annuals along spillway pond in gardens of Mrs. Harry G. Haskell at Hill Girt

: Gardens at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont; Bed planting of pink snapdragon alongside pond near garden gate

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

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

: Mrs. Leroy Harvey and Mary sitting on bench in Terrace Garden near pond at Osborne Hill

: Pond and fountain at Elton, home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Felix du Pont