About This Item

  • Title[Line of children inside former Brownsville Children's Library]
  • Call NumberBPL_0404
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryLong line of children in winter clothing waiting for check in or checkout at Brownsville Children's Library (now Stone Avenue Branch), a Carnegie library on Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville; staff at counters left and right processing books; second room beyond windows at right similarly crowded.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger; photographer's stamp on verso; date (December 31, 1914) from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHassler, W. D.
  • 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
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.