About This Item

  • Title[Groundbreaking ceremony for Ryder Branch Library]
  • Call NumberBPL_1168
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 1169), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of groundbreaking ceremony for Ryder Branch Library at 5902 23rd Avenue; 1168 shows four men in suits, each throwing shovelfull of dirt into air; 1169 shows larger group of men in suits, seven of them posing with shovels tipped into ground; two flags and rendering of library building on easel behind men in both photos.
  • Date1968
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 29, 1968; photographer's stamp on verso.
  • CreatorDe Marisco, Dick
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Ryder Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.