About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0392
  • TitleNew synagogue
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering. Caption: "New synagogue--Plans have been filed ... for a new synagogue additionand alterations to the present Congregation B'nai Israel at 60 West End Ave., Manhattan Beach. Included in the plans are an assembly room with a capacity of 600, meeting rooms for the Boy Scouts, American Legion and Women's Auxiliary. The cost of the improvements is estimated at $420,000. The architect is Gustave W. Iser." Sign on rendering: "Manhattan Beach Jewish Center."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 15, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. On verso: typed label: "Manhattan Beach Jewish Center; not started; Gustave W. Iser, architect." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorDreyer, Louis H.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJewish community centers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Social welfare: Centers: Religious: Jewish