Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory - Old photos
Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory
The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory under construction on July 26, 1902
The conservatory, left, and Belle Isle Aquarium under construction in 1903.
The original exterior of the conservatory can be seen in this photo from about 1920.
The conservatory, shortly after opening in 1904
The original exterior of the conservatory can be seen in this photo from about 1920.
Some women visit the conservatory in 1918
A man paddles by the conservatory
A pair of cactus in 1980 at the conservatory
Santa and his reindeer are surrounded by some 5,000 poinsettias at the 1978 Christmas show in the conservatory.
Bradford pear trees dot the front of the conservatory in 1980.
Pat O'Connor tends to the plants at the conservatory in 1989.
Elmer Habel, a retired senior floriculturist on Belle Isle, smells a geranium on a trip to the Belle Isle conservatory in 1982.
Hospice worker Laurie Tobel takes patient Elmer Habel, who once worked as a senior floriculturist at the park, for a pass inside the conservatory in 1982.
The flora in the conservatory in 1982
Anna Scripps Whitcomb's orchid collection that she donated to the conservatory, seen here in March 1955
The conservatory in 1963
Mr. Mrs. John Hurley of St. Clair Shores, Mich., and their kids check out the conservatory in April 1963.
Mr. and Mrs. James Whitcomb and Mrs. Walter O’Hair officially dedicate the conservatory in honor of Anna Scripps Whitcomb in the 1950s.
Chrysanthemums in the conservatory in the 1920s
The conservatory, top, and Belle Isle Casino in the 1920s
An aerial view of the conservatory in April 1979
The conservatory in April 1963
An aerial view of the conservatory in April 1979
The conservatory in 1973
The conservatory in 1963