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  • Title[Christmas at the Central Library]
  • Call NumberCBPL_0263
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0261, CBPL 0262), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of Christmas beling celebrated in three different ways at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. 0261 shows group of people, mostly children, with Santa Claus outside the entrance. 0262 shows group of children, all back to camera, decorating a large Christmas tree. 0263 is a close-up view of Mrs. Peter Clifton of 38 Montgomery Place reading The Night Before Christmas to her 2 1/2 year-old daughter, Alexandra. 0262 is not dated.
  • Date[195-?], 1960, 1974
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0261: 7 x 5 in. On verso: 0262: date typed: 1974; 0263: date inscribed: 1960; stamped: "Publicity Photographers." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas trees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York ; Santa Claus -- 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.