About This Item

  • TitleNew Utrecht
  • Call NumberBPL_1064
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 1067, BPL 1066, BPL 1065), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four interior views of the dedication ceremonies at the New Utrecht Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 1743 86th Street. Francis St. John, library director, is pictured in 1064, 1065, and 1067. Henry J. Davenport, library trustee, and Mr. Scaljo of Kiwanis Club of Bensonhurst & Bay Ridge, giving television set to the library, are pictured in 1066. The rest of the people pictured are unidentifiable. The branch opened to the public on April 1, 1956.
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn versos: date stamped: Nov. 21, 1955; on verso of 1064 and 1066: photographer's name stamped. Title from inscriptions on versos.
  • CreatorChristensen & Boesen
  • SubjectDavenport, Henry Joralemon, 1880-1960 ; St. John, Francis R ; Brooklyn Public Library. New Utrecht Branch ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library trustees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Television -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New Utrecht (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.