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Title: Can Vegetables, Fruit, and the Kaiser Too
Date(s): 1918
Contributor(s): National War Garden Commission (issuing body), Verrees, J. Paul, 1889- (artist)
Description: Poster showing showing jars of canned goods, including "Tomatoes," "Peas," and "Monarch Brand Unsweetened" which contains a caricature of the Kaiser. Text below image: Write for free book to National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C. / Charles Luthrop Pack - President / P.S. Ridsdale - Secretary
Collection ID: National Association of Manufacturers photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1973.418)
Hagley ID: AVD_1973_418_006
Collection: National Association of Manufacturers, Workplace posters in the United States

Title: Birdbath and hedge in gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch
Date(s): 1922-06-10
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_531
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Brandywine shops
Date(s): 1916-08
Description: Note rows of beans growing on poles in fenced yard. Building center right is office for DuPont Co. new machine shop.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs (Accession 2017.226)
Hagley ID: HF_H01_009
Collection: DuPont Company Brandywine powder yards and neighboring worker communities' photographs

Title: Children in boat on the pond in the gardens of Alice Lea Spruance at The Patch
Date(s): 1920-05?, 1920-05
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_102
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: William du Pont race track
Date(s): 1940-07-27
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_13195
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: House visible through trees at The Patch, home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Spruance
Date(s): 1922-06-10
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_522
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: Steps to Upper Gardens at Longwood, estate of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont
Date(s): 1922-06-10
Contributor(s): Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 (photographer)
Description: Climbing Roses, Dr. Van Fleet, Dorothy Perkins and gardenia
Collection ID: W.C. Spruance lantern slide collection (Accession 1984.217)
Hagley ID: 1984217_016
Collection: W.C. Spruance Lantern Slide Collection

Title: C. A. Edwards to Nora Edwards, 1906-07-06
Date(s): 1906-07-06
Contributor(s): Edwards, Catherine A., 1840-1910 (correspondent), Edwards, Nora C. (correspondent), Edwards Skirt Supporter Company (associated name)
Description: In a letter to her daughter, C. A. Edwards tells Nora Edwards that she and Dave have packed the things that Nora ordered, and she used a new gown she sewed as filling material, which she hopes Nora will accept. She also updates Nora on the health and recent activities of family members and describes her summer garden.
Collection ID: Nora C. Edwards papers (Accession 2036)
Hagley ID: 2036_01_08_03
Collection: Nora C. Edwards papers

Title: William du Pont, Jr. to Pierre Samuel du Pont, 1948-08-19
Date(s): 1948-08-19
Contributor(s): Du Pont, William, 1896-1965 (correspondent), Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (correspondent)
Description: Letter from William du Pont, Jr. to his cousin Pierre Samuel du Pont. P.S. du Pont was the owner of the Longwood Estate, which later became what is now the public garden attraction Longwood Gardens.
Collection ID: William du Pont, Jr. papers (Accession 2317.II)
Hagley ID: 2317_2_0083
Collection: William du Pont, Jr. papers

Title: Interview with Catherine Cheney, 1984 January 23 [audio]
Date(s): 1984-01-23
Contributor(s): Cheney, Catherine (interviewee), Perkins, Karen (interviewer)
Description: Cheney discusses gardening in the community, the layout of the Brandywine villages, the chicken house, and fear of explosions. She describes her family's garden in detail, particularly various types of crops planted.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_92513_cheney_c_part7
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley