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- Title[Opening of Ryder Branch Library]
- Call NumberBPL_1165
- Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 1166, BPL 1167, BPL 1164), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of opening day ceremonies at Ryder Branch Library at 5902 23rd Avenue; 1164 shows ribbon cutting ceremony with officials identified on verso as Frederick Davidson, Denis M. Hurley, Mayor Lindsay, Alice Strand, and Howard Golden; 1165 shows four men, identified on verso as Thomas Cuite, Howard Golden, John F. Hayes, and Denis M. Hurley, examining atlas; 1166 shows Mayor Lindsay sharing book (The Fables of La Fontaine, translated by Marianne Moore) with boy identified on verso as Tony Grasso; 1167 shows Mayor Lindsay speaking at podium to audience inside of library.
- Date1970
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle supplied by cataloger; date (Feb. 1970) from typed label on versos.
- SubjectLindsay, John V. (John Vliet) ; Brooklyn Public Library. Ryder Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
- PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.