Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Pratt Institute Archives Photograph Collection
Identifier:
ar00260
Source:
Archives LIM-02
Date Original:
Apr 1900
Title:
[Museum - Library, Noorian Collection April 1900]
Description:
An exhibit in the Pratt Institute Library Museum, including several display cases with glass and ceramic artifacts and several rugs. The Pratt Institute Library was built as a public as well as a college library, and was the first free library in New York City. It was built by architect William B. Tubby in Victorian Renaissance revival style, with interiors by the Tiffany Decorating Company; the Romanesque-style Children's Portico was added to the children's entrance in 1912; the north porch was added in 1936 by John Mead Howells. Keywords: Library exhibits, Library architecture, Universities and colleges.
Subject:
Pratt Institute -- History
Subject:
Museum exhibits -- New York (State) -- New York
Contributor:
Tubby, William B., 1858-1944 (Architect)
Coverage:
United States
Coverage:
New York
Coverage:
Kings County
Coverage:
Brooklyn
Format.Extent:
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm.
Format.Medium:
Photographic Prints
Type:
Image
Contributing Institution:
Pratt Institute

[Museum - Library, Noorian Collection April 1900]