Name/Title
Wisters and GrumblethorpeEntry/Object ID
2013.5.4.53b-dDescription
Three photographs found on page 53 of scrapbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side." Photograph b is of a framed photograph of Charles Jones Wister Sr., 1782-1865. A caption says he was the son of Daniel Wister and grandson of John Wister from whom he inherited Grumblthorpe where he lived after 1812 and that he was discharged from the Society of Friends for paying a military tax.
Photograph c is of Wistaria in the garden at Grumblethorpe, named for Caspar Wister, 1761 - 1818, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Photograph d is of the rear garden at Grumblethorpe. A man, Edwin C. Jellett, is seated on a bench at the right foreground reading a book. The spire of Trinity Lutheran Church is visible in the center background.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
