About This Item

  • TitleHenry J. Davenport Room
  • Call NumberBPL_0294
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0293), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images of empty 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; 0292 and 0294 identical; 0293 has angled perspective and shows book shelf against wall on left. The images are not dated.
  • Date[1963]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso of 0294, which reads, "Henry J. Davenport Room, Brooklyn Heights Branch, dedicated 1/20/63."
  • SubjectDavenport, Henry Joralemon, 1880-1960 ; Brooklyn Public Library. Brooklyn Heights Branch ; Reading rooms
  • 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.