About This Item


  • TitleDyker Branch opening
  • Call NumberBPL_0668
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BPL 0671, BPL 0670, BPL 0673, BPL 0672, BPL 0675, BPL 0669), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views of mostly unidentified people attending and speaking at the opening ceremony of the Dyker Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, located at 8202 13th Avenue, in 1974. 0668 is a ribbon-cutting ceremony including eight people standing in front of the building. The man standing fourth from the left is Jay Sam Unger, library trustee; the man standing fourth from the right is Kenneth Duchac, library director. 0669-0673 are interior views of men speaking at a podium. In 0672, the man is Jay Sam Unger. 0675 is a posed image of eight men and one woman, all standing.
  • Date1974
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date typed: 1974; photographer's stamp. Title from typed captions on versos.
  • CreatorVolpe Photographer
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Dyker Branch ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library trustees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker Heights (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.