About This Item

  • Title[Man walking in front of Central Library]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0257
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBearded man holding knapsack and looking into camera as he walks on plaza in front of Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza; inscription on wall behind him (partly obscured) reads, 'HERE ARE ENSHRINED / THE LONGING OF GREAT HEARTS / AND NOBLE THINGS THAT TOWER ABOVE THE TIDE / THE MAGIC WORD THAT WINGED WONDER STARTS / THE GARNERED WISDOM THAT HAS NEVER DIED."
  • Date[ca. 1970]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library users -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.