About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_0932
  • TitleMcKinley Park ground breaking
  • SummaryExterior view of three unidentified men standing at ground breaking ceremonies for McKinley Park Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, which opened in 1959 at 6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway. Image includes a bulldozer in left foreground.
  • Date1958
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May, 1958; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorChristensen & Boesen
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. McKinley Park Branch ; Bulldozers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker Heights (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: McKinley Park