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  • Title[Dedication ceremony for Kings Highway Branch Library]
  • Call NumberBPL_0875
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0877, BPL 0876, BPL 0874), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of dedication ceremony for Kings Highway Branch Library at Ocean Parkway and Kings Highway on October 11, 1954; 0874 shows aerial view of speakers' platform hung with bunting, audience members facing platform, and police band in rear apparently playing National Anthem; 0875 shows members of police band sitting in foreground, speaker at podium in background, and library behind temporary fence draped with bunting; 0876 shows speaker at podium with other dignitaries (including Borough President John Cashmore and Library Director Francis R. St. John) seated in speakers' platform behind him; 0877 shows Library Director Francis R. St. John at podium, with audience members seated in folding chairs in foreground.
  • Date[1954]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On versos: photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorVerna Photographers
  • SubjectSt. John, Francis R ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Brooklyn Public Library. Kings Highway Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (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.