Astor Library scrapbook

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unitid

{"value"=>"23354", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20890388", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"33433116996772", "type"=>"local_barcode"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 23354", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1911-1915", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1911/1915"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Astor Library scrapbook"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".08 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 volume", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"One scrapbook depicting the nearly empty interior of the Astor Library and two dozen loose photographs of library staff members. The library building appears to have been photographed when the Astor Library ceased operations at 425 Lafayette Street in 1911. All photographs have captions and the images in the scrapbook bear a copyright statement attributing the photographs to Braden Bros. Staff members depicted include Carl Henrik Bjerregaard, Edwin Hatfield Anderson, Wilberforce Eames, and Alex Moth."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Astor Library scrapbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Astor Library", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from James Cummins, 2009.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan M. Kline</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span>.</p>"}

date_start

1911

keydate

1911

date_end

1915

date_inclusive_start

1911

date_inclusive_end

1915

extent_statement

.08 linear feet (1 volume)

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