About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0731
  • TitleHalf the battle won
  • SummaryFive men holding documents (one wearing clerical attire) standing behind desk; on desk: telephone and box of index cards; on far right: coat and hat hanging on wall, two chairs, waste basket and cardboard box; behind desk: sign: "St. Athanasius Building Fund Campaign, $200,000 ..." Caption: "Half the battle won--the $200,000 goal set for the building fund of St. Athanasius R. C. Church, Bay Parkway and 62d St., passes the half-way mark as members of the executive committee turn in $118,430 ... to the Rev. Elwood A. Purick, pastor and honorary chairman. Shown, left to right, are Joseph Anella, associate business chairman; Joseph Cavallaro, special gifts committee chairman; Father Purick and Frank T. Cone and John Clements, associate general dhairmen."
  • Date1951
  • 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: caption stamped: Apr. 22, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorNatoli-Art Photo Studio
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Athanasius Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Fund raising
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.