About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn Public Library
  • Call NumberCARN_0147
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up view of young man standing at the entrance of Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library holding an open book. Image includes incscription over entrance, "While men have wit to read and will to know, the door to learning is the open book."
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 14 x 8 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from stamp on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Doors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Doorways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.