About This Item


  • Call NumberGRDN_0173
  • TitleWork of a virus
  • SummaryCaption: "Work of a virus--Here on the stem and branches of a sweet clover plant are tumors of the Clover Big Vein disease caused by a virus first identified by the plant pathologist of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Note the would tumor on the branch where it has been weakened by rubbing the rim of the pot."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Jun[e] 20, 1948. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Clover -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plant diseases -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plants -- 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: Plant disease