About This Item

  • TitleBedford
  • Call NumberBPL_0202
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySix men wearing suits, including three African Americans, standing in Bedford Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, Franklin Avenue and Hancock Street; George Wakefield is on far left, Dr. Milton J. Ferguson, Chief Librarian, is second from left; others are unidentified.
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name painted on recto is illegible. Title from stamp on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Bedford Branch ; African American men -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.