Arbor Day

Arbor Day
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Title: Arbor Day
Description:

One boy with shovel and other African American children gathered around newly planted tree. Caption on verso: "Arbor Day: Frederick Ross, 6, of 101 N. Portland Ave., completing the task of tree planting which concluded Arbor Day exercises by veterans organizations and neighborhood, church, school and civic organizations in Fort Greene Housing yesterday."

Date: 1952
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Lambert, Al.
More Details: On verso: date stamped: May 3, 1952; "Eagle staff Photo by Lambert."
Title from caption on verso.
Retouched.
Collection: Housing
Subject: African American children
Public housing
Tree planting
Arbor Day
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: HOUS 0079