About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0049
  • TitleAiding garden for blind
  • SummaryCaption: "Aiding garden for blind--Holding one of braille signs which will be erected in Brooklyn Botanic Garden's new project, A garden of fragrance for the blind," are Mrs. Samuel P. Bailey, left, president of Botanic Garden's Women's Auxiliary, and Mrs. Edward C. Blum, honorary chairman of committee for new project. Garden, ready by next spring, will feature guide rails and braille signs reading 'Please touch the flowers'."
  • 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] 16, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Verna Photographers." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorVerna Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Braille -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- 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