About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0048
  • TitleGift from the blind
  • SummaryCaption: "Gift from the blind--A birdhouse built by a blind man, which will adorn Garden of Fragrance for the Blind at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, is admired by supporters of project. Left to right are Mrs. Winthrop Trowbridge, Elise Stutzer, Borough President Cashmore, Mrs. Edward C. Blum, and Peter J. Solomon, executive director of Industrial Home for Blind."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 25, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Verna Photographers." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorVerna Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden ; Birdhouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Executives -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Committee members