About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0219
  • TitleReady for a jam session
  • SummaryCaption: "Ready for a jam session--Last year when the Long Island Railroad made railroad property available as victory gardens without cost to home owners, the 98th Street Victory Garden Club was organized and now has a membership of 20 families. Helen, left, and Eleanor Geissler, twin daughters of John Geissler, the club's secretary, show some of the preserves they made. This year they will go in for fruits and jams, as well as vegetables."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: May 5, 1944. Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJam -- New York (State) -- New York ; Vegetables -- New York (State) -- New York ; Victory gardens -- 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: Victory gardens