About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0047
  • TitleFor better gardens
  • SummaryThree women with plumed hats sitting at table before sign reading, "A & S Garden CENTER." Caption: "FOR BETTER GARDENS: Three of the borough's garden club experts who took part in opening yesterday of Abraham & Straus Garden Center as they took over their jobs of staffing the exhibit. Left to right are Edna L. Blatchford of the Central Garden Club, Mrs. Noah L. Peterson of the Bay Ridge Garden Club, and Mrs. Robert A. Booke of the Central Club. Behind Mrs. Booke is spray of forsythia, borough's official flower and theme flower of the exhibit."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 6, 1949. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Women gardeners -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardening -- Societies, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn 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: Department Stores: Abraham & Straus: Misc. II