By Sara Fetherolf, Brooklyn College Intern, and Veronica Benjou, Pratt School of Information Intern
Title: Ivy Removal Photographs, 1920-1990
Extent: 4.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Numerical by lot number order
Subjects: Cemeteries--New York (State)--New York--History, Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y., Ivy, Plants, Ornamental
Forms of Material: Photographs
Languages: English
The Ivy Removal Photographs series is comprised of black-and-white snapshots taken of lots in Green-Wood Cemetery which illustrate the maintenance and/or removal of plant life that had recently been performed. Each photograph is stamped with a date and a brief description of what type of maintenance has been done to the lot’s plants. Additional handwritten notes record the lot number, its location, and, in many cases, the name of the lot owner and additional information regarding the lot.
For further information on greenery maintenance and removal work performed from 1963-1965, please see the Ivy Removal Index Cards series.
For more reference photographs of cemetery lots during the same time period, please see the Boundary Marker Photographs series.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--New York--History
Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y.
Ivy
Plants, Ornamental
The Overgrown Ivy Photographs subseries is comprised of black-and-white snapshots taken of lots in Green-Wood Cemetery which illustrate overgrown plant life within the lots and on graves. The majority of the photographs are organized by lot number, some include stamped or handwritten information: date, brief description of plants, name related to the lot or grave, and perpetual care number.
Some photographs within the subseries do not have a lot number or date. A group of the photographs without lot numbers labeled “Millionaires Row” (1976) illustrates plant overgrowth in section 111 and 124 of Green-Wood Cemetery. Photo examples and a map of “Millionaires Row” are included.
