About This Item


  • Call NumberCBPL_0319
  • Title[Science exhibits at Central library]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0320, CBPL 0321, CBPL 0314, CBPL 0315, CBPL 0316, CBPL 0317, CBPL 0318, CBPL 0323, CBPL 0322, CBPL 0324), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eleven interior views, in three different sizes, of science exhibits at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. Titles of exhibits are: Products of Uranium, Science and Industry, Medical Art, Mechanical Hands, Tuberculosis is a Brooklyn Problem. 0319 shows nine unidentified judges standing in front of an inmate art exhibit; 0321 includes Francis St. John, library director, seated, and another, unidentified man, standing. 0323 shows three unidentified men standing at a Kidde-Elgin exhibit. Two of the exhibits are not titled. Only 0319 is dated.
  • Date1959
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description11 photographic prints : black & white. ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0314: 5 x 7 in.; 0315: 7 x 10 in. Inscribed on verso of 0319: "Photographer: C. Ramsey; date: 5-22-59." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectSt. John, Francis R ; Brooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library exhibits -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Science -- 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: Central: Exhibits: Science