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  • Call NumberCBPL_0590
  • Title[Programs at Central Library]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0591, CBPL 0592, CBPL 0583, CBPL 0582, CBPL 0585, CBPL 0584, CBPL 0587, CBPL 0589, CBPL 0588), some of which may also be described in this new record; Ten views of unnamed programs at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. 0587 shows an outdoor book fair, and 0589 showing large group of people, all standing, back to camera, outside the library entrance. All the remaining images are interior views. 0590 shows two African American young men performing a modern dance routine. 0591 shows author Robert Kimmel Smith speaking to African American girl during Children's Book Week. 0592 shows Miss Alexandra Gromoff speaking about life on St. Paul Island. Nine of the images are not dated.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description10 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso of 0588: October 19, 1953. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectSmith, Robert Kimmel, 1930- ; Brooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Authors, American -- New York (State) -- New York ; Book fairs -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Modern dance -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- 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: Central: Programs: General: III