About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_0210
  • TitleLaunching new library
  • SummaryCaption: "Launching new library-- ... breaking ground for $400,000 Borough Park Branch of Brooklyn Public Library on 43d St. between 12th and 13th Aves. Left to right, with shovels, are Chief Librarian, Francis St. John of Brooklyn Public Library; Robert E. Blum, library trustee; Public Works Commissioner Frederick Zurmuhlen; Deputy Mayor Charles Horowitz; Borough President Cashmore; Assemblyman Philip Schupler; Mrs. Evelyn Aronowitz, president, Borough Park Library Council, and Vito Batista, architect. In foreground is future patron of library, Kenneth Grossberg, 2, of 1260 43d St."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Oct. 28, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Borough Park Branch ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Branches: Borough Park: Groundbreaking