About This Item


  • Call NumberCHUR_0453
  • TitleSwedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church
  • SummaryFacade (brick) of church with iron fence (and gate) along front and portion of residential building on far right. Caption: "Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church. Fifty-ninth Street near 11th Avenue. Formally organized as a congregation February 23, 1897. The first church building was dedicated September 16, 1900."
  • Date1931, published 1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 11/31; captions stamped: Aug. 28, 1949 and Jul[y] 26, 1953. New Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, "1070 59th St."
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSwedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church ; Lutheran churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Churches: Lutheran: Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church