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  • Call NumberCBPL_1286
  • TitleMayor swears in members of library's board of trustees
  • SummaryCaption: "Mayor swears in members of library's board of trustees--Mayor Robert F. Wagner recently officiated at a ceremony at City Hall to renew the oaths of office of a number of the Brooklyn Public Library's trustees. The mayor appoints the trustees, all of whom are prominent Brooklynites. Shown (left to right): Mayor Wagner; Charles J. Mylod, president of the board of trustees; Denis M. Hurley; Edmund P. Looney; John J. Smith; Joseph Resnick; William C. Mattison; Mrs. Marion Crary Ingersoll; Henry Q. Middendorf; Irving Engel; Arthur B. chase; Miss Harriet R. Righter; Harold J. Baily, and James K. McMahon. Howard J. Dirkes, one of the library's newly-appointed trustees, was also sworn in."
  • Date1964
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date typed: April, 1964. Title from typeset caption on verso.
  • SubjectWagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 ; Brooklyn Public Library ; Library trustees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Oaths -- 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: Trustees: Swearing in: Groups: I