About This Item


  • TitleCentral construction
  • Call NumberCBPL_0005
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0004, CBPL 0006, CBPL 0010, CBPL 0001, CBPL 0002, CBPL 0012, CBPL 0013), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eight exterior views, in two different sizes, of Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library under construction.
  • Date1912-1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description8 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0001: 6 x 8 in. On recto of 0003: "Brooklyn Central Library, Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway; Alfted Morton Githens, Francis Keally, Associated Architects" typeset in lower right corner. Images show Flatbush wing, designed by Almirall in the Beaux Arts style, during the removal of its facade. On verso of 0002: photographer's name stamped: Roy Pinney. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Public libraries -- 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.