About This Item


  • Title[Employees at Central Library]
  • Call NumberCBPL_0722
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0725, CBPL 0724, CBPL 0723), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views, in two sizes, of employees engaged in various tasks at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. 0722 (caption): "Miss Charlotte Villanyi [standing in front of several book shelves] tries out necklace, bracelets, and earrings fashioned from some of the thousands of old keys collected by the Brooklyn Public Library in the nationwide campaign sponsored by the Paper and Twine Club." 0723 shows two men at loading dock, one of whom is putting a large parcel into library truck. 0724 shows four maintenance men working in the library's boiler room. 0725 shows two women working with a large machine that produced catalog cards. The images are not dated.
  • Date[1942?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso of 0722, 0723, and 0725: photographer's stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorStrauss, Irene
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Boilers ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Catalog cards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Jewelry -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Locks and keys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trucks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.