About This Item


  • Call NumberCBPL_0127
  • TitleHandicrafts exhibit
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0123, CBPL 0122, CBPL 0121, CBPL 0120, CBPL 0125, CBPL 0118, CBPL 0119, CBPL 0124, CBPL 0128, CBPL 0126), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eleven interior views, in two different sizes, of handicrafts exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. Caption (0118): "The exhibit ...features the creations of mentally retarded chikldren trained in an arts and crafts project sponsored by the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, 31 Madison Avenue, New York City. ..." 0119 includes three children looking at exhibit; 0120-0128 include adults, including Francis St. John, library director, in 0121 and 0123, all standing in front of exhibit. The images are not dated.
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description11 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0127-0128: 10 x 8 in. Stamped on verso: 0120, 0127, 0128: "Photo by The Hindles;" 0121: "Publicity Photographers;" 0122, 0123, 0128: "Verna Photographers;" 0124, 0125: "Photograph by Carol C. Roberts. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectSt. John, Francis R ; Children with mental disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library exhibits -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Central: Exhibits: Artifacts