About This Item

  • Title[Greenpoint Branch Library]
  • Call NumberCARN_0070
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CARN 0075, CARN 0073), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of newly opened Carnegile library (since demolished) on Norman Avenue in Greenpoint; 0070 shows exterior view with rooftop balustrade and flight of steps leading to projecting entrance; 0073 shows reading room with book-lined walls, double lamps at wooden tables, and rectangular skylight; 0075 shows central circulation area, with portion of vaulted ceiling at top and two decks of bookshelves behind Corinthian columns at right.
  • Date[1906?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 11 x 14 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger; photographer's stamp on versos.
  • CreatorWalter, F. W.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Greenpoint Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.