About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_0788
  • TitleYoungsters fight for doomed library
  • SummaryCaption: "Youngsters fight for doomed library--Public and parochial school youngsters rally to protest July 1 shutdown of the Gerritsen Beach Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library [located at 2808 Gerritsen Avenue]. The children, who had boosted library circulation 35 percent, will be cut off from library services because of prohibitive 60-cent double fare to the nearest branch." Image includes three large signs held up by protesters.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Jun[e] 27, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Gerritsen Beach Branch ; Demonstrations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gerritsen Beach (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: Gerritsen Beach