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  • TitleSecurities and investing
  • Call NumberBPL_0454
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0455, BPL 0497), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three interior views of patrons and employees at Brooklyn Public Library's Business Library attending a "Securities and Investing" program. Sylvia Mechanic, the branch librarian, is pictured in 0454 and 0497, and Boris Ioselev, library employee, is also seen in 0454, which shows six other people standing behind a table covered with books. Several of the people are holding books and appear to be reading. All of the other people pictured in the images are unidentifiable. 0455 shows large group of people, all back to camera, sitting in the auditorium.
  • Date1963
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0497: 10 x 8 in. On verso of 0454 and 0497: date typed: October, 1963. Title from typed captions on versos.
  • SubjectBusiness Library (Brooklyn Public Library) ; Auditoriums -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) ; Reading -- 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.