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SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 1015, CBPL 1016, CBPL 1017, CBPL 1012), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five interior views, in four different sizes, of employees of Brooklyn Public Library engaged in various tasks and activities. 1012 shows Larry Brandwein, library director, 1987-1994, and Howard Golden, longtime Brooklyn borough president, both wearing hardhats, inspecting a ceiling in a library branch. 1014 is a close-up view of a young woman shelving a book. 1015 shows Henry Davenport, library trustee, standing with a young woman in front of a book stack. 1016 shows Abe Beame, New York city mayor, 1974-1977, giving oath of office to three people, presumably library trustees, including an African American man. 1017 shows a young African American man working in the Book Order Department. The location of 1012 is unknown. The other locations are, presumably, the central Library. Three of the images are not dated.
NoteDate inscribed on verso: 1013: May, '61; 1017: 1960. Photographer's name stamped on verso: 1015: Irene Strauss; 1017: Carolyn Kinet." Title supplied by cataloger.
SubjectBeame, Abraham D. (Abraham David), 1906-2001 ; Brandwein, Larry ; Davenport, Henry Joralemon, 1880-1960 ; Golden, Howard ; Brooklyn Public Library ; Brooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; African American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library trustees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
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