About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0136
  • TitleIris garden dedicated
  • SummaryCaption: "Iris Garden dedicated--A sample of the 1,200-plant iris garden [in the Japanese Garden] at Brooklyn botanic Garden, gift of the Garden Club of Bay Ridge, is shown to club members by Dr. George Avery, director of the Botanic Garden, as Mrs. R. H. Ringen of 25 79th St., president of the Bay Ridge club, places a sign on the plot. Two hundred varieties of iris are in the garden which has been developed since 1946."
  • Date1951
  • 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: May 22, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Irises (Plants) -- 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