About This Item

  • TitleCornerstone laying
  • Call NumberBPL_0174
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0178, BPL 0175), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images of cornerstone laying ceremony at site of new Bay Ridge Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, Ridge Boulevard between 73rd and 74th Streets. 0174: Henry Davenport and Mrs. Frank McMullen; 0175: William Sypber, Henry Silverman, Leo McGuire, and Anthony Daidone; 0178: Mrs. Henry Malloy, Mildred Buenti, and Mrs. Frank McMullen.
  • Date1959
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0175, 0178: 8 x 10 in. On verso: date inscribed: December, 1959. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Bay Ridge Branch ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.