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  • TitleModel library inspected
  • Call NumberBPL_0296
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men in suits examining architectural model. Caption: "Model library inspected: City Construction Co-ordinator Robert Moses, Borough President John Cashmore and Civic Center Library Committee Chairman Robert E. Blum inspect model of the proposed public library building to go in the new Civic Center. Cashmore, Moses and Blum were present yesterday afternoon at the opening of an exhibit in Borough Hall, which shows an overall model of the buildings in the Civic Center and detail photographs of sections of the various structures...."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Dec. 16, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
  • CreatorFox, Dan [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMoses, Robert, 1888-1981 ; Brooklyn Public Library. Brooklyn Heights Branch ; Architectural models -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.