Detail View: Pratt Institute Archives Photograph Collection: [Library]

Collection: 
Pratt Institute Archives Photograph Collection
Identifier: 
ar00202
Source: 
Archives LI-02
Date Original: 
n.d.
Creator: 
Pratt Institute Department of Photography
Title: 
[Library]
Description: 
Interior view of the Pratt Institute Library, showing students browsing in the stacks. 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: Men, Women, Students, Library architecture, Universities and colleges.
Subject: 
Pratt Institute -- History
Subject: 
Pratt Institute -- Buildings
Subject: 
Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
Subject: 
College buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Contributor: 
Tubby, William B., 1858-1944 (Architect)
Contributor: 
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (Interior decoration)
Coverage: 
United States
Coverage: 
New York
Coverage: 
Kings County
Coverage: 
Brooklyn
Format.Extent: 
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format.Medium: 
Photographic Prints
Type: 
Image
Contributing Institution: 
Pratt Institute