Prospect Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Flatbush Chamber of Commerce

Caption: "The Flatbush Chamber of Commerce delegation on the chamber's annual visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The...

Fresh air classroom

Caption: "Fresh air classroom--Fifth grade students of Public School 36 study nature at first hand in the [Brooklyn] Botanic Garden. Iris...

Garden for the blind

Caption: "Garden for the blind--At Brooklyn Botanic Garden, while his seeing-eye dog, Cindy, stands by, David Margolis breaks ground for $50,...

Garden gate

Architectural renderings. Caption: "Garden gate--One of these two designs will be adapted for the new entrance to the Eastern Parkway side of the [...

Garden gate

Architectural renderings. Caption: "Garden gate--One of these two designs will be adapted for the new entrance to the Eastern Parkway side of the [...

Garden of roses

Caption: " Garden of roses--The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's 27th Spring Rose Day draws a large group of students and adult visitors to admire the...

Gather ye crocus while ye may

Caption: "Gather ye crocus while ye may--Rosemarie Marotta of 235 Steuben St., views the first crocus, traditional...

Girl in a garden

Caption: "Girl in a garden--The fragrance of a magnolia is a mighty hard thing to resist on a fair spring day, even for one as young as Linda...

Girls Commercial High School

Girls Commercial High Schoo located at 833 Classon Avenue. An architectural rendering of the proposed building. The...

Girls Commercial High School

Girls Commercial High Schoo located at 833 Classon Avenue. Shows a large, four-story, masonry building and includes...

Greenhouse

Exterior view of a greenhouse and pond at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Includes the Administration Building on the left.

Greenhouse

Exterior view of a greenhouse and pond at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. A close-up view which includes a man with two boys at the pond.

Ground-breaking ceremonies

Caption: "Ground-breadking ceremonies--Weather nonwithstanding, hardy young perennials of Children's Gardenins Club launch...

Harbinger of spring

Caption: "Harbinger of spring--Emily Solimine and her pet pup, Lucky, examine the first crocuses to peep out of the wintry soil at the...

Hark, the Brooklyn angels sing

Caption: "Hark, the Brooklyn angels sing--Students from P.S. 9, Vanderbilt Ave. and Sterling Place, look truly festive...

Harriet Wandy

Caption: "Mrs. Harriet Wandy [back to camera] of 323 Park Place paints the lovely scene [of a field of daffodils in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden]."...

Homeless family

Mother with two daughters, white dog, and baby in carriage in front of police station. Caption on verso: "Homeless Family: Photo shows Mrs. Viola...

Horticulture with hormones

Caption: "Horticulture with hormones--Peter Tully, foreman gardener of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, sprays famous Japanese...

In memoriam

Caption: "In memoriam--In the wild flower garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a tree was planted yesterday in memory of Edwin P. Maynard, who died in...

Injured duckling strictly on its own

Caption: "Injured duckling strictly on its own--Members of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden staff, right, use...

Inspiration by the lily pond

Caption: "Inspiration by the lily pond--The lovely, exotic waterlilies at Brooklyn Botanic Garden's lily pools herald the fall...

Iris garden dedicated

Caption: "Iris Garden dedicated--A sample of the 1,200-plant iris garden [in the Japanese Garden] at Brooklyn botanic Garden, gift of...

It could bloom

Caption: "It could bloom--Franklin Ave. spur, where it traverses open cut between Empire Boulevard and Washington Ave., next to [Brooklyn Botanic...

Japanese Garden

Japanese Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Japanese Garden

Japanese Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Japanese Garden

Japanese Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Japanese Garden

Japanese Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Japanese Garden

Japanese Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Japanese Garden

Japanese Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Japanese Garden gardener

Caption: "Japanese Garden gardener, Frank Okamura, trims shrubbery under the gaze of student nurses Kathleen Connors and Else...

Japanese Pond and Hill Garden

Caption: "."The Japanese Pond and Hill Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Designed and built by Takeo Shiota, it...

Jewish Hospital

View of Brooklyn Jewish Hospital located at 520 Prospect Place. The image is not dated.

Jewish Hospital dispensary

Architectural rendering of Jewish Hospital's Jacob and Nathan Levy Memorial Outpatient Clinic with inset headshots of them...

Jonas Park

View of Jonas Park on the grounds of Jewish Hospital located at 520 Prospect Place. The image is not dated.

Kings County Medical Library

Close-up, exterior view of the library building of the Medical Society of the County of Kings located at 1313 Bedford...

Kudzu vine

Close-up view of a large kudzu plant at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The image is not dated.

Lilies in bloom

Caption: "Lilies in bloom--Young Brian McCormack of 2876 Nostrand Ave. inspects the water lilies at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden which are attracting...

Lily pond

Lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Shows the pond with no flowers. Shows conservatory in left background.

Lily pond

Lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Lily pond

Lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Close-up views of lilies in pond.

Lily pond

Lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Close-up views of lilies in pond.

Lily pond

Lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Lily pond

Lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Shows visitors looking at pond.

Lily pond

Lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Shows visitors looking at pond; Shows conservatory in left background.

Lily pond

Lily pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Shows visitors looking at pond;

Lonely lily

Caption: "Lonely lily--This photographic study of a graceful waterlily in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden lily pond won third prize for Barney J. Carubia of...

Look, but don't touch

Caption: "Look, but don't touch--Mrs. Joel Polimer of 901 Washington Ave. tells her daugher, Lesley, 2 1/2, the dangers of poison ivy...

Magnolia time

Caption: "Magnolia time--Bad weather or not, you can't stop spring at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where 5-year-old Rochelle firestone, 1026...

Magnolias at Botanic Garden

Caption: "Magnolias at Botanic Garden--Zelma Amsterdam and Joan Maaskant, Prospect Heights High School students, pause under...

Many nations represented here

Caption: "[Ma]ny nations represented here--Children of Public School 9, 279 Sterling [Pla]ce, [each carrying a...

May Queen

Caption: "May Queen--Marie McAvoy, 15, a junior at Prospect Heights H.S., is shown at height of ceremonies in Brooklyn Botanic Garden at which she was...

Mum's the word

Caption: "Mum's the word--Heather Milgram, 10, left, and Aimee Gleicher, 6, of 932 Carroll St., admiring the crysanthemums at the Brooklyn...

Mums the word

Caption: "Mums the word at Brooklyn Botanic Garden where Winifred Haddock, 19, an employee, peers happily from midst of some of 50 crysanthemum varieties...

Nature at its best

Caption: "Nature at its best--Here is a scene at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden taken by Michael Miller of 1468 E. 8th St., a member of the...

Nature's pattern

Caption: "Nature's pattern--A delicate filigree wrought by leaf and branch inspired this second-prize winning picture in the Brooklyn...

New ambulance dedicated

Caption: "New ambulance dedicated at the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn.Left to right, Nurse Pearl Rosenberg, Dr. Roy Gold, Chief...

New fountain at Botanic Garden

View of an unidentified young girl sitting beside a drinking fountain at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

New Garden gate

Caption: "New Garden gate--Attending dedication ceremonies of the new gate at the Eastern Parkway entrance of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden...

New laboratory and conservatories

Exterior view of laboratory and conservatories at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Nostalgic

Caption: "Nostalgic--Half a world from their home, two officials from Japan are taken with their wives on a tour of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a view of...