About This Item

  • Call NumberCBPL_1285
  • TitleInducted
  • SummaryCaption: "Inducted--At City Hall ceremonies four Brooklynites are sworn in by Mayor Impellitteri to membership on board of trustees of the Brooklyn Public Lbrary. They are, left to right, John J. Smith, banker; Rev. Alfred Grant Walton, pastor of the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church; Monsignor Francis X. Fitzgibbons, dean of St. Joseph's College for Women, and Henry J. Davenport, president of the board."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 22, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectImpellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987 ; Brooklyn Public Library ; Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library trustees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Oaths -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Trustees: Swearing In: Groups: I