About This Item

  • Title[Outdoor story hour in Fort Greene]
  • Call NumberCBPL_1186
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 1187), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images of Brooklyn Public librarian reading story book to children in park or playground adjacent to housing project in Fort Greene; 1186 (8 x 10 in.) shows librarian sitting on steps with open book amid cluster of children; 1187 (10 x 8 in.) shows librarian standing in middle distance showing book to children.
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Inscription on verso of 1187: "Photo by Ruth Strauss."
  • CreatorStrauss, Ruth
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Storytelling -- New York (State) -- New York ; Librarians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.