SummarySix interior, close-up views, in two different sizes, of people, mostly children, at the Midwood Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 975 East 16th Street. 0951 shows a boy, standing, holding book and elderly woman, sitting and reading; 0953 shows a boy and girl sitting, reading in reading room; 0954 shows group of children listening to storyteller; 0955 and 0958 show several children standing at circulation desk; 0959 shows a girl using the card catalog. The building opened in January, 1955.
Note0951: 7 x 5 in. On versos: date inscribed: 1952; 0951: "Photo by Syd Greenberg." Title from inscriptions on versos.
SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Midwood Branch ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Card catalogs ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Storytelling -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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