About This Item

  • Title[Black and white rendering of Central Branch of Brooklyn Public Library]
  • Call NumberPOST_0019
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering of Central Branch of Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza; pedestrians shown on plaza in front of library; large trees shown at left and right. Caption: "Ingersoll Memorial, Brooklyn Public Library, dedicated to the memory of Raymond V. Ingersoll, Park Commissioner, 1914-1918, Borough President, 1934-1940. This is the central building of a system composed of 35 branches, with more than 1,000,000 volumes, serving a community of 3,000,000 people."
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcardsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
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  • 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.