About This Item


  • Call NumberTEMP_0034
  • TitleCornerstone laying at Congregation Talmud Torah Ohev Sholom
  • SummaryThree men at cornerstone laying for Temple Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom, 284 Rodney St., Williamsburg; man in center holding trowell identified on verso as Mayor Impellitteri; man at left identified as Abe Stark; man at right identified only as "Kevenson"; cornerstone inscribed "1950" and dated in Hebrew.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 4, 1950; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • PublisherBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectSynagogues -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cornerstone laying
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.
  • FolderFolder: Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom, Congregation