About This Item


  • Title[St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church]
  • Call NumberCHUR_1051
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryReproduction of facade and steeple of St. John's Evangelical Church, 155 Milton Street, with trees in foreground and residential building in background. (At time of cataloging, name is St. John's Lutheran Church.).
  • Date1917
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 reproduction : black & white ; 10 x 6 in.
  • Genrereproductions
  • NoteBlack ink cropping marks. On recto: "S. H. Lifshey photo." On verso: date stamped: Oct. 14, 1917; Eagle stamp. On verso: "celebrating golden jubilee." Oval space in upper left: "insert portrait of pastor," with printed label underneath: "Rev. Frederick W. Oswald, Jeannette Studio." Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger. Written in ink beneath image: "St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Milton St., near Manhattan Ave."
  • CreatorLifshey, S. H. [photographer]
  • SubjectSt. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Lutheran churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.