About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0599
  • TitleHugh McLaughlin memorials
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0598), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of memorials to Hugh McLaughlin in an unidentified church, presumably in Brooklyn. 0598 is a large statue of Virgin Mary surrounded by candles; 0599 is a large monument with the words, "In finem dilexit eos" across the top. McLaughlin worked for Brooklyn mayor, Henry C. Murphy and was master foreman at Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1855 until 1903.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: "Hugh McLaughlin memorial, pro-cathedral." Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectMcLaughlin, Hugh, 1826-1904 ; Memorials -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: McLaughlin, Hugh