About This Item


  • Call NumberCBPL_0772
  • Title[Solitary children reading]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0771, CBPL 0775), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images of solitary children reading at unknown branches of Brooklyn Public Library, perhaps in conjunction with a photography contest in 1952; 0771 (8 x 10 in.) shows boy with oversize book standing against shelf of adult books; 0772 (10 x 8 in.) shows African American girl leaning against radiator and holding book on window sill; 0775 (10 x 9 in.) shows girl seated in captain's chair, with shelf of children's books behind her, reading "Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters."
  • Date[1952?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTyped label on verso of 0771: "Taken by: Syd Greenberg."
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library users -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Children: I