About This Item

  • Title[Librarians having tea at former Brownsville Children's Library]
  • Call NumberBPL_0388
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour female librairans at oval table in large, light-filled staff room in Brownsville Children's Library (now Stone Avenue Branch), a Carnegie library on Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville; one librarian pouring tea, others awaiting their turn; wicker rocking chair and benches built into window niches in background.
  • Date[1915?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger; photographer's stamp on verso.
  • CreatorBrown Brothers (New York, N.Y.)
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Brownsville Children's Library ; Brooklyn Public Library. Stone Avenue Branch ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carnegie libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Librarians -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.