About This Item

  • Title[Bookmobile in Canarsie]
  • Call NumberPOST_0047
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBlue and white "Library on Wheels" bookmobile, with children holding books spilling out of doors; mothers and children watching from bench in foreground; large apartment buildings (Glenwood Houses in Canarsie) in background. Caption from copy 2: "Brooklyn Public Library: Twin bookmobiles, serving areas not reached by library buildings, pave the way for permanent structures. Scene at Glenwood Houses."
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • PublisherManhattan Post Card Pub. Co., New York
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bookmobiles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
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  • PlaceCanarsie (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.