About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0009
  • TitleThe long road back
  • SummaryFacade of partially destroyed church; also: adjacent building, parked automobile, traffic light and tree. Caption: "The long road back--the partially demolished steeple of the Concord Baptist Church starkly stands against a Spring sky as steeplejacks complete the first step in the reconstruction of the church at Marcy and Putnam Aves., which was gutted by fire last October."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 25, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; caption dated: Apr. 26, 1953; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectConcord Baptist Church ; Baptist church buildings [lctgm] ; Spires [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (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: Baptist: Concord Bapitst Church