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