About This Item

  • TitleWalt Whitman
  • Call NumberBPL_1220
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 1214, BPL 1215, BPL 1216, BPL 1217), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five exterior views, in different sizes, including two snapshots, of the Walt Whitman Branch of Brooklyn Library, a Carnegie library, located at 93 St. Edwards Street. Originally named the City Park Branch, it was renamed the Walt Whitman Branch in 1943. 1214 and 1216, a color snapshot, include parked automobiles in foreground. 1220 is an aerial view. Four of the images are not dated.
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white., col
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
  • NoteOn verso of 1214: date inscribed: 1966; Inscribed on verso of 1220: "Photo by R. Strauss." Title from inscription on verso of 1214.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. City Park Branch ; Brooklyn Public Library. Walt Whitman Branch ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.