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  • TitleIngersoll groundbreaking
  • Call NumberCBPL_0110
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of groundbreaking ceremony for new wing of Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. Posed group portrait of standing men includes Dean Henry Q. Middendorf, Mayor John Lindsay, and Abe Stark, Brooklyn borough president.
  • Date1969
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1969.
  • SubjectLindsay, John V. (John Vliet) ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, 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.