About This Item


  • TitleSponsoring special project
  • Call NumberGRDN_0050
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Sponsoring special project--Miss Elsie Stutzer and Mrs. Winthrop Trowbridge, co-chairmen of the Women's Auxiliary of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (seated left to right) and Mrs. Samuel P. Bailey (standing), president ... are sponsors of 'A Garden of Fragrance for the Blind,' which will be available next spring. The garden will be patterned after one in Brighton, England. Guide rails and signs in braille, 'Please touch the flowers,' will be supplied for the blind visitors."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pensil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jul[y] 25, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Verna Photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorVerna Photo
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Botanic Garden ; Braille -- 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.