Title:

Mary Lasker at tree planting ceremony with New York City Mayor Robert Wagner

Date:

[ca. 1960]

Description:

Mary Lasker's passion for urban beautification had first been inspired by her mother. Lasker sponsored the planting of trees and flowers and the construction of lighting and fountains in public spaces in Washington and her home of New York, which included a donation of 300 Japanese cherry trees to be planted on the grounds of the United Nations headquarters in New York as well as thousands of tulips and begonias to spruce up the malls that run in the center of Park Avenue.. Mrs. Lasker is second from the left.

Original Repository:

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers

Location:

Box: 619

Rights:

Courtesy of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers. 12417

Legacy ID:

TLBBDQ

NLM ID:

101584665X55

Profiles Collection:

The Mary Lasker Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X55

Story Section:

Biographical Information