About This Item


  • Title[Twins at former Brownsville Children's Library]
  • Call NumberBPL_0357
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFemale librarian standing behind reference desk in Brownsville Children's Library (now Stone Avenue Branch), a Carnegie library on Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville; two pairs of twins adolescent twins standing before her; other boys in front of bookshelves in background. Caption: "Reading is popular with members of Brownsville Boys Club who meet at the Children's Library of Brownsville. But two sets of twins among its members puzzle the librarian, Roslyn Sharp."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 3, 1944.
  • PublisherBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Brownsville Children's Library ; Brooklyn Public Library. Stone Avenue Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children's libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Librarians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Twins -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.