About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0091
  • TitleL-Day Thursday
  • SummaryWoman (seated) and boy (standing) at desk in library of housing project at or near 1660 Ralph Avenue. Caption on verso: "L-Day Thursday: 'Library Day' will mean a lot more than sending the kids back to school Thursday for the families of 1,188 veterans of Glenwood Houses, Flatlands. A new library will be opened where none had existed within a mile. Registering early, above, is Girard Goldkrantz, 8, of 901 E. 56th St., who received his card from Mrs. Helen Goodman of 5817 Glenwood Road."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 9, 1951; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLibraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn 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: Housing: Glenwood Houses