About This Item

  • TitleIngersoll Building
  • Call NumberHERZ_0248
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of inscription on facade of main building of Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza: "Here are enshrined the longing of great hearts and noble things that tower above the tide, the magic word that winged wonder starts, the garnered wisdom that has never died;" young woman leaning against wall in far left foreground and two women standing in far right foreground. Note: Inscription was written by Roscue C. E. Brown, a member of Brooklyn Public Library's Board of Trustees, 1908-1945.
  • Date1958
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: November, 1958; date stamped: Mar. 24, '59; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectInscriptions ; Public libraries
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.