About This Item
- Title[Patrons reading in Bedford Branch library]
- Call NumberPOST_0044
- Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryAdult patrons with newspapers and books seated at table in reading room of Carnegie library; chandelier overhead, bookshelves against walls at left and right; other patrons with books standing in background. Caption: "Brooklyn Public Library: Library patrons at the Bedford Branch of the Brooklyn (New York) Public Library near the turn of the century. The Bedford Branch, the first in what has grown into a Library system with branches throughout the borough, opened in December 1897 and moved into this building at Brevoort Place on February 15, 1899. (Photo from Library's Brooklyn History Collection)".
- Date[1900?]
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 postcard : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
- Genrepostcards
- NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
- PublisherManhattan Post Card Pub. Co., New York
- SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.