For better gardens
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| Title: | For better gardens |
| Description: | Three women with plumed hats sitting at table before sign reading, "A & S Garden CENTER." Caption: "FOR BETTER GARDENS: Three of the borough's garden club experts who took part in opening yesterday of Abraham & Straus Garden Center as they took over their jobs of staffing the exhibit. Left to right are Edna L. Blatchford of the Central Garden Club, Mrs. Noah L. Peterson of the Bay Ridge Garden Club, and Mrs. Robert A. Booke of the Central Club. Behind Mrs. Booke is spray of forsythia, borough's official flower and theme flower of the exhibit." |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 6, 1949. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Department Stores
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| Subject: |
Abraham & Straus. Women gardeners Gardening Department stores |
| 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: | DEPT 0047 |
