About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_0994
  • TitleMontague Branch
  • SummaryInterior, snapshot view of stairway at Montague Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 197 Montague Street. Built in 1867, the building became a branch library in 1903 and served as the system's main library. It closed in 1962 when the Brooklyn Heights Branch opened.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Oct. 21, 1953; "Paul E. Barenz, 104-12 92nd Ave., Richmond Hill, 18, N. Y.." Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Montague Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stairs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stairways -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Montague: Building