About This Item

  • TitleA thing of beauty
  • Call NumberGRDN_0052
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "A thing of beauty--Inspecting blooms in the Cranford Rose Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden during the annual Fall Rose Day program conducted in co-operation with the American Rose Society are, left to right, Mary Deputy Cattell, landscape architect and author; Richard Thomson, chairman of the Old Rose Committee of the Society; Mrs. Walter C. Cranford, donor, ... of the rose garden, and Dr. George S. Avery, Jr., director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Oct. 8, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle;" on caption: "Eagle photo by John Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roses -- 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.