About This Item

  • TitleThriving in the heat
  • Call NumberGRDN_0084
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Thriving in the heat--Chilly winds outside to the contrary, close to 1,000 of wide variety, non-hardy crysanthemums find November prefect time for blooming in greenhouse of [Brooklyn] Botanic Garden. Represented are full range of colors of spectrum among flowers ranging from football to thumbnail proportions, as examined by Jean Freilicher of 2514 Avenue M, and Rosemarie Marotta of 235 Steuben St. ..."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Nov. 25, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Chrysanthemums -- New York (State) -- New York ; Flowers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.