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  • TitleReopen library branch
  • Call NumberBPL_0523
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour adults attending boy with book standing before checkout counter at Carroll Park Branch (now Carroll Gardens Branch), a Carnegie library at 396 Clinton Street. Caption: "Reopen library branch: The Carroll Park Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Clinton and Union Sts., was formally reopened after having been completely rehabilitated at a cost of $48,997 under the library construction program of the Department of Public works. Left to right, Umbert Guido, 11, of 404 Clinton St., takes out first book as Francis R. St. John, chief librarian; Margaret L. Titus, branch librarian; Henry J. Davenport, president of the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Rev. Francis Ricigliano, had of the Catholic Youth Center, look on."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 10, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Carroll Gardens Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library users -- New York (State) -- New York ; Librarians -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Carroll Gardens (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.