About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0465
  • TitleMary Queen of Heaven School groundbreaking
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0466), some of which may also be described in this new record; Inscription: "[Two] photographs taken Sunday, Sept. 25, at 4 p.m., groundbreaking ceremonies for Mary Queen of Heaven School on E. 57th St. bet. Aves. M & N, officiated by Rev. Thos. J. Crawford. School is to be a 3-story brick structure to accomodate 850 pupils;" crowd of spectators and several houses in background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1949; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso of 0465.
  • CreatorKingsbrook Studios [photographer]
  • SubjectCatholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Spectators -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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: Mary Queen of Heaven School