About This Item

  • Title[Central Library]
  • Call NumberCBPL_0009
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0385, CBPL 0358, CBPL 0003), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three, identical, close-up views of unidentified young woman looking at Central Library's Flatbush wing, designed by Almirall in the Beaux Arts style, prior to the removal of its facade. Inscription on verso of 0385: "Flatbush Ave. wing, built 1912-19, temporarily roofed over & abandoned for 19 years." The Central Library opened in 1941. The images are not dated.
  • Date[1940?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name stamped on verso. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorPinney, Roy
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Public libraries -- 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.