About This Item


  • Call NumberCBPL_0611
  • Title[Cyril Ritchard at Central Library]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0615, CBPL 0617), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three exterior views of Cyril Ritchard, who played Captain Hook in the 1954 Broadway production of Peter Pan, who served as master of cermonies at Brooklyn Public Library's Storybook Pet Show at the Central Library. Others pictured are Martha Jane Livingston who won a bicycle as the grand prize for her creation, "Admiral 'Bird' at South Pole," and Robert Lawson and John Tee-Van, judges. The images are not dated.
  • Date[196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0617: 8 x 10 in. Inscribed on verso: 0611, 0617: :Photo credit: Barenfeld;" 0615: "Photo credit: Abraham & Straus." Title from typed captions on versos; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectRitchard, Cyril, 1897-1977 ; Brooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Actors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bicycles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pet shows -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Brooklyn Public Library: Central: Programs: Pet shows