About This Item

  • Call NumberBPL_0827
  • TitleHighlawn
  • SummaryInterior view of two men and one woman standing in a reading room at the Highlawn Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, located at 1664 West 13th Street. Inscription: "When Highlawn was opened [in 1972], the next [two] next door butchers closed their shop and helped celebrate." It is assumed that the woman, who is wearing a corsage, is probably the branch librarian.
  • Date1972
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorVerna Photographers
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Highlawn Branch ; Butchers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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: Highlawn