Charity, Organizations: United States. New York. New York City. National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild: National Plant, Flower, and Fruit Guild: Window Box, Gift of the Guild to a Tenement Family. 1906

Editor: This photograph, called "Window Box, Gift of the Guild to a Tenement Family," is by Percy C. Byron. It feels like a glimpse into another time. What stories do you think it tells? Curator: It whispers of a world striving for beauty amidst brick and mortar. I imagine the faces at that window, a child perhaps, finding solace in those blooms. It prompts me to reflect on the power of small acts, a seed of hope planted in the city's heart. Editor: That’s so lovely. It also seems kind of posed, don't you think? Curator: Absolutely. There's a deliberate staged quality, yet within that artifice, perhaps a deeper truth emerges about the desire for connection and nature's enduring appeal. Food for thought, isn't it? Editor: Definitely! It makes you think about how different charity looks now versus then.