Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
SummaryAdult patrons with newspapers and books seated at table in reading room of Carnegie library; chandelier overhead, bookshelves against walls at left and right; other patrons with books standing in background. Caption: "Brooklyn Public Library: Library patrons at the Bedford Branch of the Brooklyn (New York) Public Library near the turn of the century. The Bedford Branch, the first in what has grown into a Library system with branches throughout the borough, opened in December 1897 and moved into this building at Brevoort Place on February 15, 1899. (Photo from Library's Brooklyn History Collection)".
SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York