SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 1022, BPL 1021, BPL 1020), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of the "reference room," a reading room at the Montague Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 197 Montague Street. Image shows several women, all back to camera, sitting at desks and a woman and man, presumably employees, standing in far background. 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.
NoteStamped on verso of 1023: "Photograph by Brown Brothers." Title from inscription on verso of 1020.
SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Montague Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York