About This Item

  • TitlePublic library, 2nd Ave. and 73rd St., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N.Y
  • Call NumberPOST_0045
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Carnegie library (since demolished), now known as Bay Ridge Branch of Brooklyn Public Library; single patron reading on stoop left of entrance; most of library facade covered with ivy and obscured by street trees with heavy foliage.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Correspondence on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
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  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.