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  • TitleProminent figures attend opening of Gravesend Reading Center
  • Call NumberBPL_0807
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySix men in suits standing before book shelves and raised reading area of Gravesend Branch Library at Avenue X and West 2nd Street. Label: "Prominent figures attend opening of Gravesend Reading Center: The official dedication ceremonies for the Brooklyn Public Library's Gravesend Reading Center . . . were held on Monday, August 13, 1962. Among the leading civic and community figures on hand were (left to right): Senator Frank J. Pino; Mr. Francis R. St. John, Chief Librarian; Mr. Abe Stark, President of the Borough of Brooklyn; Mr. Charles J. Mylod, President of the library's Board of Trustees, Councilman Julius S. Moskowitz, and Assemblyman Irwin Brownstein."
  • Date1962
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from typed label on verso. On verso: photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Gravesend Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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.