About This Item

  • Title[Nine snapshots of Central Library under construction]
  • Call NumberCBPL_0021
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0028, CBPL 0029, CBPL 0026, CBPL 0027, CBPL 0024, CBPL 0025, CBPL 0022, CBPL 0023), some of which may also be described in this new record; Nine similar views of Central Library construction at Grand Army Plaza; 0021 shows sign on fence reading, "New Central Building, Brooklyn Public Library"; 0022 shows central facade with portion of Flatbush wing; 0023 shows aerial view of central facade and Flatbush wing; 0024 shows central facade and Eastern Parkway wing; 0025 shows Eastern Parkway wing; 0026 shows Flatbush wing from back.; 0027 shows Eastern Parkway wing from Plaza Street; 0028 shows central facade from Grand Army Plaza; 0029 shows central facade with fence and portion of Flatbush wing.
  • Date1939-1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description9 photographic prints : black & white ; 2 x 3 -4 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Dates from versos.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (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.