About This Item


  • Call NumberBPL_0214
  • TitleBorough Park
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0213, BPL 0212, BPL 0211), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four very similar images of groundbreaking ceremony for Borough Park Branch of Brooklyn Public Library. Left to right: Francis St. John, Chief Librarian of Brooklyn Public Library; Robert E. Blum, library trustee; Public Works Commissioner Frederick Zurmuhlen; Deputy Mayor Charles Horowitz; Borough President Cashmore; Assemblyman Philip Schupler; Mrs. Evelyn Aroniwitz, president of Borough Park Library Council; Vito Batista, architect, and, in foreground, Kenneth Grossberg, 2, of 1260 43rd Street.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate taken from 0214. On verso, 0214: "Department of Public Works Reproduction Section;" date stamped: Oct. 28, 1953. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorVerna Photo [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Borough Park Branch ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Borough Park: Groundbreaking