About This Item

  • Call NumberCBPL_0019
  • TitleSigning contracts
  • SummaryClose-up posed portrait of Brooklyn borough president Raymond V. Ingersoll signing contracts for construction of Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. Other men, all standing, are, left to right, Philip P. Farley, consulting engineer to the borough president; Edwin Garvin, president of the board of trustees; Francis Keally, architect, and Lauson H. Stone, board of trustees member.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle and date from printed caption on recto below image.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Architects -- New York (State) -- New York ; Contracts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- 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.
  • FolderEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection ; Folder: Brooklyn Public Library