About This Item

  • TitleMarcy Branch opening
  • Call NumberBPL_0928
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior close-up view of Mayor John Lindsay holding African American girl on his lap at the opening of the Marcy Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 617 DeKalb Avenue.
  • Date1969
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date typed: Oct., 1969. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectLindsay, John V. (John Vliet) ; Brooklyn Public Library. Marcy Branch ; African American girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.