About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0270
  • Title"Singing Towers" on the Heights
  • SummaryFacade of St. Ann's Episcopal Church, Clinton Street and Livingston Street: top portion flanked by twin towers and spires. Caption: "'Singing towers' on the Heights--Since shortly after the Civil War the nine bells in the towers of St. Ann's have been ringing out the joys and sorrows of its people. Now they ring as 'the merry, merry, bells of Yule.'".
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Ann's Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Anglican church buildings ; Steeples [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Episcopal: Saint Ann's (Protestant) Episcopal Church