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About the Historic Image Collection
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Historic Image Collection consists of glass plate negatives, lantern slides, film-based negatives, and works on paper created during the first half of the 20th century. These images document all aspects of the Garden: the growth and development of the physical plant and grounds, horticultural displays, special events, gardening and education programs for adults and children, exhibits, and scientific research. Photographers include Louis Buhle, Elsie May Kittredge, Charles Stuart Gager, Norman Taylor, and Takeo Shiota (designer of the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden). The collection comprises original images as well as derivative works including photographs, pages from texts, and postcards.
Louis Buhle (1890–1972)
Louis Buhle was Brooklyn Botanic Garden's official photographer from 1915 until 1968. READ MORE
Elsie May Kittredge (1870–1954)
Elsie May Kittredge was an artist and amateur botanist whose eloquent photographic images are a sustained expression of her passion for the flora of the Northeast. READ MORE
Lantern Slide Lecture Sets
After lantern slides were introduced in the mid-19th century, lantern slide shows quickly became a popular form of entertainment, but their most enduring use proved to be in illustrating educational lectures. READ MORE
Digitization of the Louis Buhle Collection was supported in part by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts; conservation was supported by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Auxiliary. Digitization of the E.M. Kittredge Collection was supported by grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Metropolitan New York Library Council through the New York State Regional Bibliographic Databases Program.