About This Item


  • Title[Library patrons]
  • Call NumberCBPL_0397
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0398, CBPL 0399, CBPL 0396), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four close-up views of patrons at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. Typed caption on verso of 0396: "1971 - Ingersoll - book fair on steps as part of Crown Heights Cultural Festival. Typed caption on verso of 0398 which shows a middle-aged woman sitting reading: "May 5, 1985, books-by-the-pound sale." 0399 shows boy sitting, reading in a child's miniature car reading. 0397 is not dated.
  • Date1961-1985
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso of 0397: " Larry Barenfeld;" "Christensen & Boesen, Inc.;" date inscribed on verso of 0399: March, '61. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBooks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- 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.