About This Item


  • Call NumberGRDN_0107
  • TitleMagnolias at Botanic Garden
  • SummaryCaption: "Magnolias at Botanic Garden--Zelma Amsterdam and Joan Maaskant, Prospect Heights High School students, pause under magnolia blossoms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden with Dr. William Gnoop Koopmans, consul general of The Netherlands, and his wife. Dr. and Mrs. Koopmans were recent guests of the 'Brooklyn Adopts Breukelen Project.' Costumes worn by girls were flown from Holland."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Apr. 25, 1948; "Louis Buhle, Brooklyn Botanic Garden." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBuhle, Louis
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Costume -- Netherlands ; Flowers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Magnolias -- 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: Flowers & plants: Magnolia trees