About This Item


  • TitleMontague Branch
  • Call NumberBPL_1003
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 1002), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two interior views of several library patrons and employees at the circulation desk and area of the Montague Branch of Brooklyn Public Library located at 197 Montague Street. Built in 1867, the building became a branch library in 1903 and served as the system's main library. It closed in 1962 when the Brooklyn Heights Branch opened. 1002 is not dated.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto of 1003: date typed: 1914. Title from typed captions on rectos.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Montague Branch ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.