About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_0921
  • Title[Mapleton cornerstone laying]
  • SummaryExterior snapshot view of three unidentified people, two women and one man, at cornerstone laying ceremony at Mapleton Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, which opened in 1955 at 1702 60th Street.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 3 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
  • NoteDate taken from year carved in cornerstone seen in image. Title from inscription on verso of copy 2.
  • CreatorChristensen & Boesen
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Mapleton Branch ; Cornerstone laying -- 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: Branches: Mapleton