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  • Title[Flatbush Branch Library]
  • Call NumberBPL_0710
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0713, BPL 0716, BPL 0717, BPL 0714, BPL 0715), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views of original Carnegie building (remodeled in 1937) of Flatbush Branch Library at 22 Linden Boulevard; 0710 (5 x 7 in.) shows side view of recently completed building without window awnings and with newly planted saplings on lawn in right foreground; 0713 (5 x 7 in.) shows view from similar angle at later date, with window awnings and leafy trees in place of saplings; 0714 (7 x 9 in.) and 0716 (8 x 10 in.) identical images, showing library from sidewalk with neighboring two-story building in right foreground and two women in white dresses and hats on sidewalk at left; 0715 (7 x 9 in.) shows library from curb, with neighboring three-story Victorian house in left background and street sweeper on curb before library; 0717 (8 x 10 in.) shows library from street, with street sweeper closer to camera and blurred image of passing horse and carriage in left foreground.
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On versos of 0714-0716: photographer's stamp. On verso of 0710: date stamped: Oct. 10, 1905; Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorHine Photo Company
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Flatbush Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.