Detail View: Pratt Institute Archives Negative Collection: [Campus -- Library, Snow Scene]

Collection: 
Pratt Institute Archives Negative Collection
Identifier: 
ar00087
Source: 
Archives 69-4-30
Date Original: 
1969
Title: 
[Campus -- Library, Snow Scene]
Description: 
Rear view of the Pratt Institute Library in the snow. 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 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)
Coverage: 
United States
Coverage: 
New York
Coverage: 
Kings County
Coverage: 
Brooklyn
Format.Extent: 
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 6 cm.
Format.Medium: 
Safety film negatives
Type: 
Image
Contributing Institution: 
Pratt Institute