About This Item
- TitleMill Basin ground breaking
- Call NumberBPL_0982
- Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0983, BPL 0981, BPL 0980, BPL 0990), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views, in two different sizes, including four snapshots, of ground breaking ceremonies for the Mill Basin Branch of Brooklyn Public Library. The branch moved to its current location at 2385 Ralph Avenue in October, 1974. 0980 shows Miss Freeman; Mr. Byam; Francis R. St. John, library director, and an unidentified man. 0981 shows Jasper Gardstein, architect; Solomon Kishner from Library Realty Corporation; Mr. Byam; Mr. St. John, and L. T. McGuire, Brooklyn Public Library's Superintendent of Buildings and Construction. 0982 shows Mrs. Selma Algaze from Brooklyn Library Council and Mr. McGuire in foreground. 0990 shows Mrs. Sarah Samuels and Edith Shusteroff, president and past president of P.S. 236 PTA; Shelley Shusteroff; Miss Freeman; Mr. St. John; Mrs. Algaze; Martin Algaze, and Stuart Algaze.
- Date1958
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
- Note0990: 8 x 10 in. On versos: date inscribed: April 4, 1958. Title from inscription on verso of 0980.
- CreatorBarenfeld, Larry
- SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Mill Basin Branch ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Mill Basin (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.