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.
- Image: Alice Lea Spruance's town garden. Click to view.
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- Conservatory at Longwood, estate of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont
- The conservatory (interior), azaleas from centre walk
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- Upper Gardens at Longwood, estate of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont
- Candium lilies and canterbury bells, upper garden
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- Steps to Upper Gardens at Longwood, estate of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont
- Climbing Roses, Dr. Van Fleet, Dorothy Perkins and gardenia
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- Gardens at Longwood, estate of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont
- American pillar rose on arbor,peonies and larkspur in border bed
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- Conservatories at Longwood, estate of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont
- A walk in the conservatories