About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_1211
  • TitleUlmer Park Branch
  • SummaryClose-up view of unidentified young man reading the book, Gold prospector, by William Marshall Rush, at the Ulmer Park Branch of Brooklyn Public Library. Branch location is not identified, but it is assumed to be 2172 Bath Avenue. The image is not dated. In July, 1963, a new branch library opened at 2602 Bath Avenue.
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteInscribed on verso: "Photo taken at Ulmer Park Branch by Leonard Alenick, age 13, 1408 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, 30, N. Y." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorAlenick, Leonard
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Ulmer Park Branch ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBath Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Ulmer Park