About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0573
  • TitleLaunching fund drive to rebuild school
  • SummaryCaption: "Launching fund drive to rebuild school--The Rev. Brother Aquinas, left, superior general of the Franciscan Order in Brooklyn, is shown receiving check from Acting City Council President Joseph T. Sharkey at a fund-raising dinner to rebuild St. Francis Preparatory Preparatory School, 41 Butler St., held in the Hotel St. George. Looking on are Monsignor Joseph A. Kelly, spiritual director of the Franciscan Order in Brooklyn, and the Rev. Brother James, O.S.F., principal of the school."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDamaged slightly in upper right corner. On verso: date stamped: May 29, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSaint Francis Preparatory School (New York, N.Y.) ; Catholic Church -- Clergy -- 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
  • 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: Schools: Private: Saint Francis Preparatory School