About This Item

  • TitleRe-opening of Brownsville
  • Call NumberBPL_0355
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0358), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two interior views of patrons at Brownsville Branch of Brooklyn Public Library on the day of its re-opening. 0355 includes close-up of African American woman typing in foreground and two other library staff members standing beyond. 0358 includes African American woman, three African American girls, and a policeman.
  • Date1963
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso of 0355: date typed: April 10, 1963; 0358: date inscribed: April, 10, 1963. Title from typed caption on verso of 0355.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Brownsville Branch ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Typewriters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.