POTW: Back to School

Allyson

Black and white photograph of children reading at a library
Prospect Branch, circa 1910s, BPL_1117; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.

 

It's back to school time! Today's Photo of the Week shows school children sitting in a reading room at the Prospect Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, a Carnegie library, located at 431 Sixth Avenue. The branch was renamed the Park Slope Branch in 1975. Even back then, kids knew the library was a great place to get their school work done. Just like kids today! 

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Stan Brein

Spent so many hours at the Eastern Parkway Branch in the 50s. Lived on President and Schenectady and it was a short two block walk to the library. It was diagonally across from my first school. PS 167. I loved being there.
Wed, Sep 4 2024 3:09 pm Permalink

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