About This Item

  • TitleMother & son
  • Call NumberHERZ_0246
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of African American boy wearing winter coat and woman (Muslim?) wearing head-covering scarf sitting at table looking at large book in Sheepshead Bay Branch of Brooklyn Public Library at 2636 East 14th Street.
  • Date1958
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Date taken from verso of copy 2. Title from inscription on verso of copy 2.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectAfrican Americans ; Public libraries ; Reading
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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.