About This Item

  • TitleCelebrating Forsythia Day
  • Call NumberGRDN_0054
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Celebrating Forsythia Day--Participating in the ceremonies at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden were (left to right) Philip A. Benson, chairman; Mrs. John Cashmore, wife of the Borough President; the Rev. Dr. L. Wendell Fifield, minister of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims; Mrs. Robert Moses, wife of the Park Sommissioner; Mrs. Edward C.Blum, originator of the idea to make forsythia Brooklyn's flower, and Dr. George S. Avery, Jr., director of the Garden."
  • Date1946
  • 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: Apr. 11, 1946; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Forsythia -- 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.