About This Item


  • TitleLily pond
  • Call NumberGRDN_0157
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (GRDN 0155, GRDN 0156, GRDN 0151, GRDN 0152, GRDN 0153, GRDN 0158, GRDN 0159), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eight views, in two different sizes, of a lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 0151 shows the pond with no flowers; 0153, 0155, 0156 are close-up views of lilies in pond; 0157, 0158, 0159 show visitors looking at pond; 0151, 0158 show conservatory in left background.
  • Date1931, 1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description8 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0159: 10 x 8 in. Stamped on verso of 0151, 0152, 0153, 0155: "Eagle photo;" printed on recto of 0156: "Eagle." Title from inscription on verso of 0152.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Greenhouses -- 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.)
  • 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.