About This Item

  • TitleGreenpoint opening, 1973
  • Call NumberBPL_0818
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0817, BPL 0816), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of re-opening ceremony for the new building of the Greenpoint Branch Library at 107 Norman Avenue, which replaced the original Carnegie building torn down in 1970; 0816 shows six men in suits, including library director Kenneth F. Duchac (at right) standing at podium; 0817 shows man in suit at podium speaking to assembled crowd in library reading room; 0818 shows another speaker at podium, with other men in suits, possibly library trustees and local officials, seated behind him.
  • Date1973
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white : 5 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from typed label on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Greenpoint Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (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.