About This Item


  • TitleCobra plant
  • Call NumberGRDN_0225
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Beauty, Rose Lusht, and the beast, a Cobra plant, which devours insects and likes nothing better than a fly for a snack. They were shown by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [in an exhibit]."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped and retouched. Date inscribed on verso: 5/12/40. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; House plants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plants -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (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.