About This Item

  • Call NumberGRDN_0150
  • TitleInspiration by the lily pond
  • SummaryCaption: "Inspiration by the lily pond--The lovely, exotic waterlilies at Brooklyn Botanic Garden's lily pools herald the fall season with a burst of color. Inspired by the color, three art students of Prospect Heights High School, try to capture some of the grace and beauty of the waterlily on their drawing boards, They are, from left, Nancy Knebel, 3014 Avenue P, Dina Mucinieks, 846 Prospect Place, and Myrna Austen, 961 Washington Ave."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 26, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Drawing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lilies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ponds -- 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: Lily pond