About This Item


  • Title[Woman reading at Ingersoll]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0254
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of elderly woman wearing short-sleeved shirt and hat sitting at table reading in main building of Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza; several shelves of books in blurry background.
  • Date1958
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: November, 1958; date stamped: Mar. 24, '59; photographer's stamp. On verso; "Ingersoll Building." Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectPublic libraries ; Reading
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.