About This Item


  • TitleChildren's Pet Show
  • Call NumberCBPL_0613
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0620, CBPL 0612, CBPL 0616, CBPL 0619, CBPL 0618, CBPL 0609), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven interior views of children at Children's Pet Show at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. 0609 also includes a young woman. Pets pictured are dogs, cats, and rabbits. All of the people pictured are sitting at tables in front of book shelves. Five of the images are not dated.
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteInscribed on verso: 0612, 0616: "Children's Pet Show, '55;" stamped on 0616, 0620: "Christensen & Boesen, Inc." Title from inscriptions on versos of 0612 and 0616.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dogs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pet shows -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rabbits -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.