SummaryStatue of Henry Ward Beecher on inscribed pedestal between two columns, with two smaller statues at base of pedestal, right (one woman comforting another) at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, 75 Hicks Street. At left, sculpture of Abraham Lincoln. Young man, reading, is sitting on pedestal base in left foreground. Caption: "Garden spot--Favorite study ground of young people of Brooklyn Heights in Cloister Garden at Plymouth Church. Borglum's statue of Beecher, commemorating his work in helping to free slaves, and his bas-relief of Lincoln adorn garden wall."
NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: May 4, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
SubjectBeecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 ; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 ; Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Bas-relief [lctgm] ; Congregational churches ; Sculpture ; Statues
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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