About This Item


  • TitleJosephine Smith
  • Call NumberBPL_1131
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Josephine Smith, a librarian at the Prospect Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, telling story to group of children in Prospect Park. The branch, located at 431 Sixth Avenue, was renamed the Park Slope Branch in 1975.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 3 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 6 May 1939. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Park Slope Branch ; Brooklyn Public Library. Prospect Branch ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Storytelling -- New York (State)
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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.