VIDEO
East Coast trip Item Info
- Title:
- East Coast trip
- Creator (Person):
- Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960
- Date Created:
- 1931
- Time Period:
- 1930s
- Description:
- Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip H. Elwood took students on a tour of the southern and eastern United States in 1931. Places visited on the trip include Longwood, the DuPont gardens near Wilmington, Delaware;the E. T. Stotesbury gardens, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia (landscape architect Jacques Grebey);the Wissahickon Parkway, Philadelphia;"Old Ironsides," or the USS Constitution, built in 1794, rebuilt in 1927, and docked at New London, Connecticut;Harvard University dormitories along the Charles River;the garden of Geraud Foster, Bellefontaine, Lenox, Massachusetts, and the forecourt showing its replica of the goat sculptures in Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy;the home of P. H. Elwood Jr., Fort Plain, New York;Cooperstown, viewed from along Otsego Lake, New York, the site of the Leatherstocking tales;the garden of the late E. Gorton Davis, Ithaca, New York;Creeping Bent Hall;the Cleveland Art Museum and garden;the Lake Forest Foundation for Architects and Landscape Architects;and the Ryerson Garden, Lake Forest, Illinois. Annotation: Video made from original 16 mm film.
- Subject (Topic):
- Travel Student housing Gardens Parkways
- Subject (Person):
- Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960
- Subject (Organization):
- Constitution (Frigate) Cleveland Museum of Art Harvard University
- Location:
- New York (State)--Otsego Lake Delaware--Wilmington Pennsylvania--Philadelphia New York (State) Illinois--Lake Forest Massachusetts--Lenox Connecticut
- Language:
- eng
- Source:
- Philip Homer Elwood papers
- Call Number:
- RS 26/5/11
- Archival Series:
- Films, 1927-1931
- Finding Aid Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tz3j
- Contributing Institution:
- Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Extent:
- 00:10:10
- Medium:
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Genre:
- motion pictures (visual works) silent films black-and-white films (visual works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Digital Collection Title:
- Philip H. Elwood films
- Digital Collection Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9r20rw31
- Identifier:
- elwood19
- Filename:
- av09730_h264.mp4
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9md35
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "East Coast trip", Philip H. Elwood Films, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9md35
Rights
- Rights:
- This item is protected by copyright and related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. No permission is required for noncommercial uses. For other uses, please obtain permission from Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.