SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 1120, CBPL 1121, CBPL 1122, CBPL 1123, CBPL 1125, CBPL 1115, CBPL 1117, CBPL 1116, CBPL 1118), some of which may also be described in this new record; Ten interior views of story hours at Brooklyn Public Library. Identified storytellers are Teresa Coats, Dorothy Leland, Miss Bellini. location of 1115, an adult story hour led by an African American man, and 1122 is Midwood Branch; location of 1120 is the Central Library. Seven of the images show children being read to. The other people pictured and the other locations are unknown. Six of the images are not dated.
Note1115: 4 x 5 in.; 1117, 1124: 10 x 8 in. On verso of 1115: date insdribed: May, 1958; 1122: Oct. 20, 1954; 1120: Brooklyn Eagle stamp; date stamped: Feb. 24, 1953. Stamped on verso: 1116: "Photo by The Hindles;" 1118: Wm. D. Stoneback;" 1124: "Christensen & Boesen;" 1125: "Bernard M. Jaffe." Inscribed on verso: 1120: "Photo by Ruth Strauss;" 1122: "Syd Greenberg." Title from inscription on verso of 1115; supplied partially by cataloger.
SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Brooklyn Public Library. Midwood Branch ; African American men -- New York (State) New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public librarians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Storytellers -- New York (State) -- New York
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