About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0009
  • TitleBorough's own show
  • SummaryCaption: "Borough's own show--Not to be outdone by the Washington, D. C. cherry blossom splendor, Brooklyn's own trees have spread their splendor in the [Brooklyn] Botanic Garden. The photo shows Dr. C. Stuart Gager (right), director of the Garden, explain[ing] the wonder of these Japanese trees to (left to right) Mrs. Merrill N. Foote, Mrs. Edwin L. Garvin. Patricia Foote, Mrs. William Calder, Mrs. Edward C.Blulm, Mrs. Ernest Eidlitz."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date inscribed on verso: May 12/37. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Cherry trees -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Gardens -- 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: Cherry blossoms