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  • TitleOpening of Williamsburgh
  • Call NumberBPL_1251
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 1250, BPL 1268, BPL 1265, BPL 1267, BPL 1266), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six interior views of people attending re-opening ceremonies, in 1955, of the Williamsburgh Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 240 Division Avenue. 1250, 1251, and 1268 show group of people sitting in auditorium; 1265 and 1266 show several people on podium and man speaking into microphone; 1267 shows two women holding a framed watercolor. Among the people pictured are Francis St. John, library director; Mrs. St. John; Henry Davenport, library trustee; Mrs. Davenport; Mr. Resnick, and Miss Cobb. Many of the people pictured in images are unidentifiable.
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note1251 and 1268 are identical. Date stamped on verso of all except 1250: Dec. 7, 1955. Title from inscription on verso of 1251.
  • SubjectDavenport, Henry Joralemon, 1880-1960 ; St. John, Francis R ; Brooklyn Public Library. Williamsburgh Branch ; Auditoriums -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.