About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0047
  • TitleA gift for the Garden
  • SummaryCaption: "A gift for the Garden--Dr. George S. Avery, Jr., director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, was presented with a Selectroslide, a projector for use of garden slides, by members of the Garden Club of Flatbush at their annual flower show held at the Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church assembly hall last week. With Dr. Avery are pictured Mrs. Harold G. Watkins, co-chairman (left), and Mrs. Chester D. Carroll and Mrs. Frederick Weisbrod (left to right), members of the committee."
  • Date1953
  • 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 17, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Lambert." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Executives -- New York (State) -- New York ; Projectors -- 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