| Title: | Brooklyn receives a Bonsai |
| Description: | Caption: "Brooklyn receives a Bonsai--Dr. George S. Avery, director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, announdes happily the receipt of one of the handsome dwarf pine trees called 'Bonsai' which many Japanesse skippers keep in the salons and cabins of their vessels. ... The miniature evergreen--18 inches high and estimated by scientists to be about 75 years old--was donated to the Garden ... by Capt. A. Murai, master of the Panama Maru of the O. S. K. Line. The offering was made in the salon of the ship at the foot of Kent St." |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date stamped on verso: May 26, 1952. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Gardens [3]
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| Subject: |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. [4] Bonsai [5] House plants [6] Miniature plants [7] |
| 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: | GRDN 0183 |