Groups of people enjoy the lilies at Easter at the Channel Gardens of Rockefeller Center

Description

Rockefeller Center Channel Gardens at Easter has the pools lined by lilies. Two pools with the Rene Paul Chambellan "Fountainhead Figures" are in the center of the photograph. The Prometheus sculpture by Paul Manship is visible behind the crowd in the background.

Note

Likely between April 16 and April 19Stamped on the back, "FROM; ROCKEFELLER CENTER INC. 50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK, CIRCLE 5-9000. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. PHOTO BY EDWARD RATCLIFFE. Typewritten note attached to back, "NEW YORK, N.Y. Eleven hundred stately white Easter lily plants went on display in the Channel Gardens of Rockefeller Center on Good Friday. April 16, 1954. Each plant averaged six to eight blooms. Choral music on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday by the Rockefeller Center Choristers rounded out the Center's observance of the Easter season."

Contributors

Photographer: Ratcliffe, Edward

Date Issued

1954-04-16 to 1954-04-19

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm

Genre

Gelatin silver prints

Group portraits

Member of

Ted Malone Collection

Publisher

Edward Ratcliffe

Time Period

Subject (Name)

Subject (Topical)

Subject (Geographic)

Rights

Copyright Not Evaluated

Rights Note

Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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Collection Identifier: MS-0187

Source

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections