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  • Title[BPL trustees]
  • Call NumberCBPL_1240
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 1245, CBPL 1244, CBPL 1247, CBPL 1246, CBPL 1241, CBPL 1243, CBPL 1242, CBPL 1238, CBPL 1239, CBPL 1237), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eleven interior views, in three different sizes, of Brooklyn Public Library trustees including Richmond Barthe, Dr. Walter N. Beekman, Msgr. Boardman, Fr. Cullen, Tigelia DiGiovanna, Robert J. Elzy, Msgr. Francis X. Fitzgibbon, John C. Frantz, Judge Edwin L. Garvin, Mr. A. F. Glover, Dr. Euphemia Haynes, Denis M. Hurley, Minneola Ingersoll, Raymond V. Ingersoll, Fr. John La Farge, Fr. McGroarty, Henry Q. Middendorf, Charles J. Mylod, Thomas Nevine, Mary Reilly, Charles Sherwood, Jay Sam Unger, and H. Elliot Wales. 1237 and 1240 include Kenneth Duchac, library director, 1969-1986 and 1245 includes Milton Ferguson, library director, 1930-1947 and Francis St. John, library director, 1948-1964. Three of the images include African American men. The locations are, presumably, the Central Library. Only 1237 is dated.
  • Date[194-?], [195-?], [196-?], 1971
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description11 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note1237-1240: 5 x 7 in; 1241: 10 x 8 in. Date typed on verso of 1237: 1971. Stamped on verso of 1247: "Roy Pinney, photographer." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectDuchac, Kenneth ; Ferguson, Milton J. (Milton James), 1879-1954 ; St. John, Francis R ; Brooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; African American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library trustees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.