About This Item

  • Call NumberCBPL_0018
  • TitleCentral construction
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0017), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two close-up, posed group portraits of: Philip P. Farley, consulting engineer to the borough president; Edwin L. Garnin, president of the board of trustees; Borough President, Raymond V. Ingersoll; Francis Keally, architect, and Lauson H. Stone, board of trustees member. Ingersoll is signing construction contracts.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: inscription: "Contracts signed Dec. 29, 1937;" "Photo by Roy Pinney" stamp. Title and date from inscriptions on verso.
  • CreatorPinney, Roy
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Contracts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn 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: Brooklyn Public Library: Central: Construction: 1937: Contracts