About This Item


  • TitleMobile knowledge
  • Call NumberBPL_0141
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Mobile knowledge--[Three] local kids here make use of Brooklyn's first 'bookmobile,' a touring library unit ... of the Brooklyn Public Library;" one employee sitting in left background; specific Brooklyn location unknown.
  • Date[195-]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 13, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorHindles (Photographers)
  • SubjectBookmobiles -- 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.