About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0191
  • TitleCranford Rose Garden
  • SummaryCaption: "[Ro]se Day was celebrated yesterday afternoon in the Cranford Rose Garden [at the] Brooklyn Botanic Garden. George S. Avery, left, director of the Botanic Garden [and] Mrs. Walter Cranford of Greenwich, Conn., who donated the rose garden to [Br]ooklyn, discuss the qualities of a blooming rose with Everett A. Piester, right, Assistant Superintendent of Parks, Hartford, Conn."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 10, 1953; on caption: "Eagle photo by Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rose gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Gardens: B'klyn Botanic: Rose garden