About This Item

  • TitleRare plants
  • Call NumberGRDN_0182
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Mary Ann Beaver, employed at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, tends dwarf plants recently brought from England. They will be part of Garden's exhibit, 'Dwarf Plants for Contemporary Gardens,' at International Flower Show next spring. The rare plants were collected by Alys Sutcliffe, acting horticulturist for the Garden."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteRetouched. Date stamped on verso: Dec. 9, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; House plants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Miniature plants -- 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.