About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0618
  • TitleBlesses Holy Cross memorial
  • SummaryThree men wearing clerical attire standing in courtyard in front of large statue; man and woman wearing military attire on left each hold American flag on tall pole; four other flags on poles in background and many spectators. Caption: "Blesses Holy Cross memorial--participating in the blessing and dedicating of a statue of Our Lady of Peace by Bishop Thomas E. Molloy in memory of the men and women of Holy Cross parish [Church Avenue and Veronica Place] who served in World War II are, left to right, Monsignor Edmund J. Reilly, Bishop Molloy, and the Rev. Peter L. Rickard, pastor of the church."
  • Date1942
  • 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 stamped: Nov. 14, 1942. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHoly Cross Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Statues
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.