About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0169
  • TitleSanctuary bell
  • SummaryLarge bell (closeup) with inscription: "John Van Der Bilt, Esq. gave this bell to the Reformed Dutch Church in Flatbush, Anno domini 1796." At top of bell: "Seest." Caption: "Sanctuary bell--Located in the tower of the Flatbush Reformed Church [Flatbush Avenue and Church Avenue], celebrating its 300th anniversary, is the bell which tolled the death of every President from George Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was shipped to the church from the Netherlands, the gift of John Vanderbilt, and the sanctuary was dedicated when George Washington was President of the United States."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Feb. 7, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFlatbush Dutch Reformed Church (Flatbush, New York, N.Y.) ; Chimes ; Church bells ; Reformed church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.