About This Item


  • Call NumberBPL_0676
  • Title[Dyker Branch ground breaking]
  • SummaryExterior view of group of twenty-five unidentifed people attending ground breaking ceremony for Dyker Branch of Brooklyn Public Library on October 5, 1972. The building opened in 1974 at 8202 13th Avenue. Image includes portions of three residential buildings and bulldozer in background.
  • Date1972
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 fascimile : black & white ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn recto: date inscribed below image: Oct. 5, 1972. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Dyker Branch ; Bulldozers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker Heights (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: Branches: Dyker