About This Item

  • Call NumberCBPL_1089
  • Title[Francis St. John receiving a check]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 1085), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two close-up, interior views of Francis St. John, director of Brooklyn Public Library, receiving a check from an unidentified man and woman at the Central Library. 1085 includes another unidentified man. 1089 includes Sylvia Mechanic, head of the Business Library from 1962 to 1985, and two unidentified men. 1085 is not dated.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso of 1085: "Photo by Mike Zwerling;" 1089: "L. Barenfeld; Dec. 17, 1953." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectMechanic, Sylvia, 1920- ; St. John, Francis R ; Brooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Gifts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Directors: St. John, Francis R.: General