About This Item


  • Call NumberBPL_0215
  • TitleBoro Park
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0216), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of groundbreaking ceremony for new Borough Park Branch of Brooklyn Public Library with man speaking from, and several people sitting on, raised platform, group of people, all back to camera, sitting on folded wooden chairs in audience, and several residential and commercial buildings in background.
  • Date[1953]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorVerna Photo [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Borough Park Branch ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Branches: Borough Park: Ceremonies