About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0342
  • TitleCornerstone set for posterity
  • SummaryThree men wearing black robes standing in front of concrete wall; man on left holds box, other men hold documents. Caption: "Cornerstone set for posterity--the Rev. H. Richard Siciliano, left, pastor of The Church of the Open Door, 209 Concord St., holds copper container to be placed in cornerstone of new church at corner of Gold and Nassau Sts. Dr. Kenneth D. Miller, center, chairman of the administrative board, and Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, executive secretary of the Brooklyn Protestant Council, place documents and mementos in the container."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch of the Open Door ; Cornerstone laying ; Independent churches ; Time capsules
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Churches: Inter & nondenominational: Church of the Open Door