About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0131
  • TitleOriental Landscape in Brooklyn
  • SummaryCaption: "Oriental landscape in Brooklyn--The authentic Japanese Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens was the setting for the fall party ted by the Gardens to its members and friends. The Oriental garden, in which every object and plant has a symbolic meaning, is dedicated to the Shinto God of the Harvest. Charming Geisha girls in their native costumes pause on a bridge spanning a lake formed to resemble Japanese character for heart. Weeping trees and pines on the shore are trimmed and shaped in harmonious forms representing ideas about life".
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteRetouched. Stamped on verso: date: Oct. 11, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle;" inscribed on verso: "C .E. McNamara." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardens, Japanese -- 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: Japanese Garden: Dated