About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_1332
  • Title[St. Peter Claver Church]
  • SummaryFacade (brick) of St. Peter Claver Church with iron fence along front and side; inscription over doorway: "Sancto Petro Claver." Later caption: "Jefferson Avenue and Claver Place. The first Catholic Church for the Negro race in Brooklyn, where millions have worshipped at the famous shrine of St. Therese of the Little Flower. Originally a Protestant church building, it was purchased, rebuilt and dedicated on February 26, 1922."
  • Date1930
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 23/30; captions dstamped: Jun[e] 24, 1945 and Jan. 4, 1948. On verso: Novena of St. Theresa of the Little Flower." Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectSt. Peter Claver Church ; Catholic churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Roman Catholic: Saint Peter Claver Church