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  • Title[Groundbreaking ceremony for Kings Highway Branch Library]
  • Call NumberBPL_0870
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0868, BPL 0869, BPL 0872, BPL 0871, BPL 0867), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six images of groundbreaking ceremony for Kings Highway Branch Library at Ocean Parkway and Kings Highway; 0867 (8 x 10 in.) shows library director Francis R. St. John speaking at booth decorated with bunting of American flags; 0868 (10 x 8 in.) shows unidentified man in glasses speaking at same booth; 0869 (8 x 10 in.) shows unidentified woman with hat speaking at booth; 0870 (8 x 10 in.) shows overhead view of booth, with crowd behind police barricades, and uniformed band and bulldozer on cleared plot in left background; 0871 (8 x 10 in.) shows overhead view of booth and crowd, with uniformed band and bulldozer on cleared plot in foreground; 0872 (8 x 10 in.) shows group of dignitaries wielding shovels at ceremonial groundbreaking.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On versos: date stamped: Oct. 24, 1952.
  • SubjectSt. John, Francis R ; Brooklyn Public Library. Kings Highway Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (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.