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  • Title[Milton Ferguson and others]
  • Call NumberCBPL_0641
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0650, CBPL 0648, CBPL 0649, CBPL 0646, CBPL 0647, CBPL 0644, CBPL 0645, CBPL 0642, CBPL 0643, CBPL 0653, CBPL 0651, CBPL 0654, CBPL 0652), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fourteen interior views of Milton Ferguson, director of Brooklyn Public Library, with many other people including Mrs. Leland B. Bonnett, head of the Bay Ridge Reading Club, Miss Mildred Buente, Bay Ridge Branch Librarian, actor Eddie Cantor, Henry J. Davenport, library trustee, Everett Clark, F. Keally, Louis F. Mannuer, Perry C. Smith, Federic Snyder, Keeenth Stowell, and Edgar I. Williams. 0641, 0653, and 0654 show Ferguson and unidentified men holding open, and looking at, large books. 0642 and 0646 show Ferguson and others at a dinner party, one honoring Eddie Cantor. 0647 shows Ferguson and Davenport looking at large blueprints. 0648 shows Ferguson shaking hands with unidentified man standing at a microphone. 0650 shows Ferguson and unidentified woman standing in front of large sign for library book drive. 0652 shows Ferguson and unidentified woman standing beside ALA exhibit. Many of the people pictured are unidentified. NIne of the images are not dated.
  • Date1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948u
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description14 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0648, 0650, 0654: 10 x 8 in. Date inscribed on verso: 0642: Sept. '37; 0645: April 10, 1947; 0646: Oct. 18/39; 0649: Jan. 19, 1938; 0651: May 14, 1948. Stamped on verso: 0641, 0942, 0643, 0652, 0653: "Roy Pinney photograph;" 0644: "Larry Gordon photo;" 0645: "Pratt Institute Department of Photogrpahy;" 0647, 0654: "Irene Strauss;" 0650: "Ben Greenhaus Photography." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectCantor, Eddie, 1892-1964 ; Ferguson, Milton J. (Milton James), 1879-1954 ; Brooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Actors -- New York (State) ; Banquets -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dinners and dining -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library trustees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Microphone ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shaking hands -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.