About This Item


  • TitleCherry blossom time
  • Call NumberGRDN_0032
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: " Cherry blossom time--Mrs. Thomas H. Roulston pins flower in buttonhole of Frank D. Schroth [Brooklyn Eagle editor] as flower girls begin trip from Borough Hall steps down Fulton St. to bring springtime salute from Brooklyn Botanic Garden [during Cherry Blossom Week]." Image includes donkey cart in the foreground.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date stamped on verso: May 4, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Cherry trees -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Donkeys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Festivals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gardens -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newspaper editors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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.