About This Item


  • Call NumberCHUR_0506
  • TitleChurch gets flags
  • SummarySeven men standing: two are wearing American Legion hats (one, front left, is holding American flag attached to eagle staff, man wearing clerical attire and man wearing military (?) hat are holding Red Cross (?) flag attached to cross staff. Caption: "Church gets flags--St. Paul's Methodist Church, Avenue D and E. 38th St., was presented with two flags at memorial services there yesterday. The flags were donated by communicants. Shown in front, left to right, are Robert Lee of Flatlands Post, American Legion; James F. Reynolds, past senior grand deacon of Grand Lodge F. & A. M., New York State; the Rev. Richard L. Francis, pastor of St. Paul's Church, and Franklin B. Horbelt, commander of U. S. Grant Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; rear, left to right, are Clarence A. Maples, past deputy commander, U. S. Grant Camp; Col. Williams A. Dawkins, grand marshal of Memorial Day parade, and Daniel Jacobs, commander Flatlands Post."
  • 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: date stamped: May 28, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Paul's Methodist Church ; Flags ; Methodist churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Methodist: Saint Paul's Methodist Church