About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0460
  • TitleSilent prayers
  • SummaryCaption: "Silent prayers--Services at the Hebrew Educational Society, Hopkinson and Sutter Aves., were conducted in sign language by this woman and these three men, all deaf. The Hebrew Society for the Deaf arranged the ceremonies;" there are two other men in the photograph and all five are wearing prayer shawls.
  • Date1941
  • 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: Sep[t] 22, 1941; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHebrew Educational Society (New York, N.Y.) ; Sign language
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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: Schools: Private: Hebrew Educational Society