Title[Children reading and browsing library shelves]
SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0768, CBPL 0761, CBPL 0762, CBPL 0764, CBPL 0767, CBPL 0766), some of which may also be described in this new record; Images of children in unidentified branches of Brooklyn Public Library reading and browsing shelves; 0761 (4 x 5 in.) shows boy in hooded coat taking notes at table with open book and looking into camera; 0762 (6 x 4 in.) shows boy in cap on street (presumably in front of library) looking down on armful of books he is holding; 0764 (5 x 6 in.) shows two standing girls in old-fashioned dresses sharing book together; 0766 (5 x 4 in.) shows girl crouching on linoleum floor reading book, with partial view of girl in saddle shoes standing behind her; 0767 (5 x 4 in.) shows two adolescent girls (in profile) and two younger girls (with backs to camera) browsing shelves; 0768 (4 x 5 in.) shows two adolescent girls opening books before library shelves, with other patrons in foreground and background; 0816 (5 x 4 in.) shows African American girl with cap standing before shelves reading book titled "A Fair World for All."
NoteDate typed on verso of CBPL 0816: Oct. 19th 1953. Typed name on verso of CBPL 0816: Irving Sribnick; photographer's stamp on verso of CBPL 0766: Christensen & Boesen.
SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library users -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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