About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_0756
  • TitleOpening of the Flatlands Branch
  • SummaryExterior view of group of people, mostly school children, standing outside library with large sign above entrance: "Brooklyn Public Library, Flatlands Branch, will open here about Oct. 1st," and another sign in frame attached to building in right foreground: "Opening Monday at 3 p.m." Caption: "Opening of the Flatlands Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, in a rehabilitated bank building [located at 1972 Flatbush Avenue]. This is typical of four store branches opened in the fall of 1949." Image includes large flag flying above entrance and man wearing uniform standing in foreground. In 1955, the branch moved to 2065 Flatbush Avenue.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorVerna Photographers
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Flatlands Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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: Branches: Flatlands