About This Item


  • TitleA weed grows in Brooklyn
  • Call NumberGRDN_0218
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "A weed grows in Brooklyn--But not for long in this victory garden in the play field of the Pride of Judea Children's Home, Dumont Ave. and Elton St. Trio of youngsters [girls], waiting for their vegetables to come up, home found a weed each and are pulling up same."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: May 27, 1944. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVictory gardens -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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.