Photographs of Allgates, [ca. 1929-1936].

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Photographs of Allgates, [ca. 1929-1936].

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This collection contains 49 black and white photographs of the Allgates estate in Haverford, Pennsylvania. The photos show exterior views of the mansion and outbuildings, interior views of the greenhouse and library, the iris garden, and the quarry garden. Three portraits are of Mrs. Mary Helen Wingate Lloyd. Several other photos are of botanical illustrations and of a 1599 catalog of trees. Also included is a photo of Mrs. Lloyd's bookplate. Some of the photos were taken by Mattie Edwards Hewitt and Samuel H. Gottscho. A 1929 map of the estate and its landscaping, drawn by Lester H. Sellers, is also part of the collection.

49 Photographs : b+w + 1 map ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.

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Gottscho, Samuel H. (Samuel Herman), 1875-1971

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Samuel Henry Gottscho was an architectural photographer also known for his photographs of flowers and gardens. With his son-in-law, William H. Schleisner, he established the firm of Gottscho-Schleisner in New York City. From the description of Quarry Farm, Greenwich, Connecticut : Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker Bagley, 1939. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122568234 Architectural photographer in New York City. Gottscho was also know...

Allgates (Estate)

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The Allgates estate, located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, was owned by Horatio Gates Lloyd and his wife Mary Helen Wingate Lloyd. Born in Middletown, Delaware, in 1867, Horatio Gates Lloyd held two law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, but made his fortune as a banker. He worked for the Philadelphia Trust Co., Philadelphia Electric Co., Bell Telephone, and was a partner at J.P. Morgan Associates. He was a founder and later the vice president of the Welfare Federation, and in 1931 becam...

Lloyd, Mary Helen Wingate, 1868-1934

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Mary Helen Wingate Lloyd (1868–1934) was an American horticulturist who was a founding member of the American Iris Society and creator of a celebrated "iris bowl" garden. Wingate was born in New York in 1868, one of four children of George Wood Wingate and Susan Prudence (Man) Wingate. She married financier Horatio Gates Lloyd, Sr. (1867-1937), and redesigned the gardens on their estate, Allgates, in Haverford, Pennsylvania....

Sellers, Lester H.

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Lloyd, Horatio Gates.

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Hewitt, Mattie Edwards, 1869-1956

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Photographer, of New York, N.Y.; d. in Boston, Mass. From the description of Wingwood House photographs, circa 1930. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 314773797 Mattie Edwards Hewitt was a photographer (New York City) for national fashion, landscape, and interior design magazines. From the description of Mattie Edwards Hewitt negative collection, 1926-1935. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 35295092 ...