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  • TitleMayor to address Baptist Congress
  • Call NumberCHUR_0004
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMayor Vincent R. Impellitteri greets five Black men, including four Baptist pastors, shaking hands with O. Clay Maxwell. Caption: "Mayor to address Baptist Congress--Mayor Impellitteri accepts an invitation from representatives of the Sunday School Congress and Baptist Training Union to address the 48th annual session of the Baptist Congress of Brooklyn's 13th Regiment Armory on June 23. The congress meets June 22-28. Pictured (left to right) are the Rev. David Licorish, the Rev. B. J. Lowry, the Mayor, the Rev. O. Clay Maxwell, the Rev. C. L. Franklin, and Richard A. Jackson."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 1, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorImpellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987. ; Brooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBaptist church buildings [lctgm] ; Blacks ; Mayors -- New York (State) ; Meetings [lctgm] ; Handshaking [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.