About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_1009
  • Title[Montague Branch]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 1008), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two interior views of an Asian American girl wearing a sari working at the Montague Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 197 Montague Street. 1008 shows her shelving a book. 1009 shows her helping a library patron. Built in 1867, the building became a branch library in 1903 and served as the system's main library. It closed in 1962 when the Brooklyn Heights Branch opened. 1009 is not dated.
  • Date1961
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped. On verso of 1008: date inscribed: May, 1961. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Montague Branch ; Asian American teenage girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn 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: Montague: People