About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_0850
  • TitleKings Bay
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0851, BPL 0854), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of opening day, in 1951, of Kings Bay Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 3650 Nostrand Avenue. 0851shows a photographer, back to camera, taking picture of group of unidentified people standing outside library entrance. 0850 and 0854 show large group of people standing inside library. 0854 also young woman, presumably a library employee, typing in foreground. The images are not dated.
  • Date[1951]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title from inscriptions on versos.
  • CreatorVerna Photographers
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Kings Bay Branch ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Typewriters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Branches: Kings Bay