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Title: Sun dial garden in spring at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1922/1925, 1922, 1925
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_013
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Winterthur, Col. Henry A. du Pont's house (north exterior view)
Date(s): 1895
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer)
Collection ID: Pierre A. Gentieu Brandywine River Valley photographs (Accession 1970.001)
Hagley ID: 701186A
Collection: Pierre A. Gentieu Brandywine River Valley photographs

Title: Winterthur, Col. Henry A. du Pont's house (south exterior)
Date(s): 1900
Contributor(s): Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer)
Collection ID: Pierre A. Gentieu Brandywine River Valley photographs (Accession 1970.001)
Hagley ID: 701186B
Collection: Pierre A. Gentieu Brandywine River Valley photographs

Title: Winterthur, Colonel Henry A. du Pont's house
Date(s): 1895
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner), Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer)
Collection ID: Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238)
Hagley ID: 1972238_060_1
Collection: Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection

Title: Winterthur, Colonel Henry A. du Pont's house
Date(s): 1895
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner), Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 (photographer)
Collection ID: Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238)
Hagley ID: 1972238_060
Collection: Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection

Title: Gardens at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-06-07
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Description: Bed planting of pink snapdragon alongside pond near garden gate
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_116
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Purple clematis, yuccas and phlox, with trellis in the gardens at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1923-06-30
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_009
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Narcissi and grape hyacinths in woods at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-04-16
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_107
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Oriental spruce and Magnolia grandiflora at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1924-04-26
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_445
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Walled rose garden at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-06-07
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Description: A part of the walled rose garden, showing the walkway and wrought-iron gate
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_010
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Violas, tulips and wisteria in the gardens at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1924-05-15
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_118
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Spirea and forsythia on lawn at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-04-16
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_109
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Pink poppies and other perennials, with view of trellis, in the gardens at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-06-07
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_011
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Tulips, violas, white clematis, and other flowers with pergola in gardens at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1923-05-20
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_434
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Daffodils in the woods at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1924-04-26
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Description: Narcissus (daffodils) planting in the woods
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_459
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Daffodils in the woods at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1924-04-26
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Description: Narcissus (daffodils) in the woods
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_446
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Naturalized narcissis in woods at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-05-16
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_104
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Woods with narcissis or daffodils at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-04-16
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_110
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Driveway and flowering cherry tree at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-04-16
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_106
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Terrace garden with climbing roses at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1925-06-07
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_108
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Sundial and walled garden at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1923-05-15
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Description: Violas, phlox, divaricata, tulips, lilacs, wisteria, and dogwood
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_012
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Foxtail lily in the gardens at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1923
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_084
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: The Upper Garden at Winterthur, estate of Henry Francis du Pont
Date(s): 1923
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Description: The Upper Garden in tulip time with wisteria and arbor in background
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_117A
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Interview with Rocco Perrone, 1984 July 10 [transcript]
Date(s): 1984-07-10
Contributor(s): Perrone, Rocco Mathew, 1901-1989 (interviewee), Frazier, Chris (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Rocco Perrone who lived in Squirrel Run as well as the du Pont estate while his father worked for Colonel Henry A. du Pont. The interview took place in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_070113_05
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Rocco Perrone, 1984 July 10 [audio](part 1)
Date(s): 1984-07-10
Contributor(s): Perrone, Rocco Mathew, 1901-1989 (interviewee), Frazier, Chris (interviewer)
Description: Perrone describes daily life in Squirrel Run, Christmas at Winterthur, picnics and bocce in the summer, medical care, Perrone's impressions of various du Pont family members, traveling home to Italy, and other daily activities along the Brandywine.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_12213_perrone_r_part1
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

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