September 6, 2012

Dug-up by the Bowery Boys, this 1960 short film by Jean Sheppard—better known as the voice of the narrator in A Christmas Story—is a must see for any New Yorker, New York enthusiast, or history buff. I loved the peek inside a number of “hidden gardens” almost as much as we did the visit to the footage of a long ago San Generrao festival. ~AR

(via The Bowery Boys: New York City History: Greenwich Village, through the eyes of Jean Shepherd: A beatnik city of “secret treasures and hidden gardens”)

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September 20, 2011
From the Library: Aerial Views of NYBG

1921.

1940.

1961.

Source: The New York Botanical Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.

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August 22, 2011
From the Library: Haymaking at the Garden

Unknown dates.

Source: The New York Botanical Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.

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August 18, 2011
From the Library: Fordham in the Distance

From an early-20th-century photograph, a view of the Garden from atop the Library Building with neighboring Fordham University in the distance.

(Source: The New York Botanical Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.)

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May 10, 2011
From the Library: Three Early Visitors

Three early visitors

This photo was taken near the Garden’s southern entrance, in November 1907. In the lower right corner are three visitors—a man and two women—dressed in the fashion of the time. What are they looking at? What are they talking about?

Source: The New York Botanical Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.

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May 9, 2011
In many ways, the lush Azalea Garden debuting this Mother’s Day weekend is the embodiment of the New York Botanical Garden’s past and its future. The Daily News looks at the Garden’s history, and finds a glorious future.

In many ways, the lush Azalea Garden debuting this Mother’s Day weekend is the embodiment of the New York Botanical Garden’s past and its future.

The Daily News looks at the Garden’s history, and finds a glorious future.

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April 13, 2011
From the Library: Beaver Damage

Beaver damage

This tree damage was caused by a beaver that escaped from the Bronx Zoo in the summer of 1915 (a decidedly more nefarious escapee than the now famous Mia, aka the Bronx Zoo cobra). Perhaps he was an ancestor of Jose or Justin Beaver (@justinbeaver_bx)?

From archival historical photographs in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden.

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