About This Item

  • TitleSt. John's Chapel
  • Call NumberCHUR_0799
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of St. John's Chapel, Vanderbilt Avenue between Greene Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, with iron fence along side, unidentified church with steeple, unidentified building (perhaps school?) and small vehicle on far right, and cobblestone streets and trolley tracks in foreground.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Eagle" printed in black ink in lower right. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 7/31; "Eagle photo." On verso: "The grounds to be used for new Catholic High School for boys." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectSt. John's Chapel ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.