Title[Scenes from the Kings Highway Branch Library]
Call NumberBPL_0887
Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0886, BPL 0884, BPL 0885, BPL 0891, BPL 0888, BPL 0889, BPL 0890), some of which may also be described in this new record; Scenes from the Kings Highway Branch Library at Ocean Avenue and Kings Highway, probably soon after opening to the public in 1954; 0884 shows two female librarians or staff members conferring at desk in staff room; 0885 shows adolescent girl talking to friend (back to camera) at table in reading room; 0886 shows staff assisting patrons at circulation counter; 0887 shows three women or adolescent girls browsing bookshelves labeled "Young People's Collection"; 0888 shows children seated at tables and browsing bookshelves, with one boy standing alone in leather bomber's jacket prominent in foreground; 0889 shows man in overcoat and scarf smiling at female clerk or librarian behind circulation counter; 0890 shows man and woman browsing bookshelves labeled "Foreign Books" (right) and "Pay Collection" (left); 0891 shows female librarian seated at reference desk consulting large reference book with woman standing before her.
SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Kings Highway Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library users -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Librarians -- New York (State) -- New York
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