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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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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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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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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1953
Library locations
New York Public Library Archives
Shelf locator: MssArc RG10 5928
Topics
New York Public Library
Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
New York (N.Y.)
Branch libraries
New York Public Library. Branch Libraries
New York Public Library. Great Kills Branch
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: D.P.W., photographer
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11524053
MSS Unit ID: 5928
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0414c160-c5b3-012f-fbb2-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1953: Issued
  • 2026: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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New York Public Library Archives, 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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1953. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-e3d6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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New York Public Library Archives, 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" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-e3d6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library. (1953). 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 Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-e3d6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-e3d6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) 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, (1953) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 18, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

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