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  • TitleBusiness Library
  • Call NumberBPL_0478
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0491, BPL 0493, BPL 0492, BPL 0495, BPL 0494, BPL 0488, BPL 0489, BPL 0499, BPL 0498, BPL 0496, BPL 1299, BPL 0500), some of which may also be described in this new record; Thirteen interior views, including three snapshots, in six different sizes, of employees and patrons at Brooklyn Public Library's Business Library located at 280 Cadman Plaza West. Identified employees include Sylvia Mechanic and Joan Canning, both branch librarians at different time periods, Elaine Gelb, Kay Shephard, Micki Trager, and Dorothy Vogel. Many of the people pictured are unidentifiable. Two of the images are not dated.
  • Date1962, 1963, 1975, 1978, 1995
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description13 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraitssnapshots
  • NoteStamped on verso of 0494: "Wurts Brothers Photographers." Title from typed captions and inscriptions on versos.
  • SubjectCanning, Joan ; Mechanic, Sylvia, 1920- ; Business Library (Brooklyn Public Library) ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- 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.