About This Item

  • Title[Three photos of Central Library under construction]
  • Call NumberCBPL_0034
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0035, CBPL 0033), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of construction of Central Library at Grand Army Plaza; 0033 shows central view of library from plaza, with cranes behind fence, and pedestrians and traffic on Flatbush Avenue (right) and Eastern Parkway (left); 0034 shows close-up of facade, with two men (backs to camera) standing amid construction equipment and debris; 0035 shows Flatbush Avenue wing, with fence running along sidewalk, two pedestrians on sidewalk, and cranes and winches projecting from roof.
  • Date1937-1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn versos: date, 1937-1939, inscribed, and photographer's name, Roy Pinney, stamped. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorPinney, Roy
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.