About This Item


  • Call NumberCBPL_0953
  • Title[Reception at the Central Library]
  • SummaryInterior view of a group of people, including Philip Adam and John Frantz, library trustees, Marguerite Dodson, African American library employee, Dallas Shawkey, librarian, and John Canham, library employee, attending a reception at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. They appear to be listening to a speaker. The other people pictured are not identified.
  • Date1974
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May, '74; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorDe Angelis, Neil
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; African American women -- New York (State) -- New York ; Librarians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library trustees -- 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: Staff: Adam, Philip