About This Item


  • TitleAltar cloth, St. Paul's P. E. Church in Flatbush
  • Call NumberCHUR_0313
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAltar and reredos, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Church Avenue and St. Paul's Place. There are two women wearing hats at left of altar (Mrs. H. S. Hincken, left, donor of altar cloth and Miss Eloise Zallio, designer of the cloth); on altar: two candles in candlesticks, two vases containing leaves, and a cross on the altar; evergreen tree on each side of altar, and portion of stained glass window above reredos.
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 11 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Jan. 4/29; photographer's stamp. Retouched (portion of image above altar whited out). Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorCosmo News Photo Co.
  • SubjectSt. Paul's Episcopal Church ; Altarpieces ; Altars ; Anglican church buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.