About This Item

  • TitleHenry J. Davenport Room
  • Call NumberBPL_0292
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryHenry J. Davenport reading room in Brooklyn Heights Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, with arm chairs, small tables, area carpet, drawn curtains, and oil portrait of Henry J. Davenport, longtime president of the board of trustees, holding a book.
  • Date[1963]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • SubjectDavenport, Henry Joralemon, 1880-1960 ; Brooklyn Public Library. Brooklyn Heights Branch ; Reading rooms ; Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.