About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0226
  • Title[Two women beneath tree before Pratt Institute Library]
  • SummaryView of Children's Porch entrance (since removed) of Pratt Institute Library; two young women sitting on ground with open book beneath London plane tree in right foreground; male and female student conversing before Children's Porch at left. Label on verso: "The Children's Porch, a replica of the porch and staircase of the Green Court, Canterbury Cathedral, was added to the Library Building in 1912."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorPratt Institute [photographer]
  • SubjectPratt Institute ; Library buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Porticoes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn 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: Schools: Adult: Pratt Institute: Buildings: Library: Childrens Porch