May Queen

May Queen
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Title: May Queen
Description:

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 crowned May Queen by actressGreer Garson.The event marked the formal opening of the Garden's famed cherry blossom display."

Date: 1952
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Prospect Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Geller, Jules.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks.
Stamped on verso: date: May 2, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Photography by Jules Geller."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Gardens
Subject: Garson, Greer, 1904-1996.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Actresses
Cherry trees
Festivals
Gardens
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
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: GRDN 0033