About This Item

  • TitleQueen to be
  • Call NumberGRDN_0039
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Queen to be--Mary Company, 17, of 330 4th St., a senior at Prospect Park Highs School, who will be crowned Queen of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's annual Cherry Blossom Festival tomorrow at the Garden by Mrs. Impellitteri, wife of the mayor."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Apr. 30, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Cherry trees -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; 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.