About This Item

  • TitleBushwick Library, Raymond F. Almirall, architect
  • Call NumberCARN_0022
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CARN 0021), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of light-filled reading room in newly opened Carnegie library on Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick; 0021 shows four men reading or writing at scattered wooden tables, with reference desk at far left; 0022 shows empty room divided by wooden and glass partition, with lone female patron or librarian (back to camera) on other side of partition.
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 11 x 14 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date ("Apl. 21, 1909") from inscription on recto; photographer's stamp on verso.
  • CreatorWalter, F. A.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Bushwick Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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.