About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn's May Queen
  • Call NumberGRDN_0036
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Brooklyn's May Queen--Beatrice Menne, crowned May Queen at opening of Brooklyn Botanic Garden Week, reigns prettily from the cherry-blossom bedecked throne.The 17-year-old queen is a Prospect Heights High School senior."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: May 1, 1950; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Cherry -- New York (State) -- New York ; Festivals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardens -- 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.