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Ground Breaking - Great Kills Branch Library 56 Gifford Lane, Staten Island - Honorable Edward G. Baker, President, Borough of Richmond

Ground Breaking - Great Kills Branch Library 56 Gifford Lane, Staten Island [Audience]

Library for the Blind, Exhibit Booth, American Libraries Association, San Francisco, CA. Left to right are: Mr. Charles Gallozzi, Assistant Chief, Division for the blind; Mr. Robert S. Bray, Chief, Division for the Blind; Miss Helga Leude, Librarian, American Foundation for the Blind

Library for the Blind, Dedication, Ribbon Cutting: (front row left-right) Raymond A. Harris, Librarian; Ralp A. Beals, Director, The New York Public Library; Honorable Frederick H. Zurmuhlen, Commissioner of Public Works; Mr. Morris Hadley, President, the New York Public Library. (rear row, at left) Peter B. Putnam, Author and Assistant Instructor, princeton University; (2nd from right) Mr. John M. Cory, Chief, Circulation Department, the New York Public Library

Brooklyn, Double Page Section 9; East New York; [Map bounded by Eldert Lane, Liberty Ave., Bennett Ave., New Lots Road, Duryea Ave., Centre Ave., Stmarks Ave., Saratoga Ave., Cooper PL., Mc. Dougal St.; Including Hopkinson Ave., Rockaway Ave., Granite St., Furman Ave., Aberdeen St., Hull St., Vanderveer St., Stewart St., Conway St., Jamaica Plank Road East New York Ave.]

[Great Kills, Exterior] Great Kills Station, "Great Kills Branch Library, 1920's: The Great Kills Branch has outgrown two buildings and is now too busy for its present building at 56 Giffords Lane and its annual circulation of over 200,000"

Great Kills Branch Library, 56 Giffords Lane [Mr. Cory presents key to Anne Hedgman]

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George Bruce Branch--518 West 125th Street, The New York Public Library

Ground Breaking - Great Kills Branch Library 56 Gifford Lane, Staten Island - left to right: Mr. Ralph A. Beals, Director, The New York Public Library; Honorable Frederick H. Zurmuhlen, P.E., R.A., Commissioner, Department of Public Works; Honorable Edward G. Baker, President, Borough of Richmond; Miss Katherine L. O'Brien, Regional Librarian, The New York Public Library; Mr. John M. Cory, Chief, Circulation Department, The New York Public Library

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new york public library new york public library archives new york public library visual materials branch library mr public works honorable frederick honorable edward circulation department gifford lane staten island department miss katherine regional librarian ground great branch library gifford lane ralph beals director public honorable frederick honorable frederick h zurmuhlen commissioner works edward honorable edward g baker president borough richmond miss katherine miss katherine l brien regional librarian cory chief circulation visual materials photoprints new york ultra high resolution high resolution 1950s 1950 s