SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 1082, CBPL 1078, CBPL 1080, CBPL 1081, CBPL 1076, CBPL 1077, CBPL 1075, CBPL 1079), some of which may also be described in this new record; Nine views, in four different sizes, of Francis R. St. John, director of Brooklyn Public Library, receiving books from several different people at the Central Library, including three women representating Catholic Circle, in 1075, and two women representing the Froebel Society, in 1076. 1077 shows St. John receiving 1959 Brooklyn telephone directory from Walter A. Giles, vice president of New York Telephone Company, holding commemorative plaque, as Harold J. Baily and Henry J. Davenport, library trustees, look on. The other people pictured are unidentified. The images are not dated.
NoteStamped on verso: 1077, 1080, 1082: "Christensen & Boesen;" 1078, 1079, 1081, 1083: "Publicity Photographers;". There is an identical copy of CBPL 1077, with call number CBPL 0381, in the folder: Brooklyn Public Library: Central: Exterior: N. Y. telephone directory. Title supplied by cataloger.
SubjectDavenport, Henry Joralemon, 1880-1960 ; St. John, Francis R ; Brooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gifts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plaques -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Telephone -- Directories -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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