About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0288
  • TitleSt. James Episcopal Church
  • SummaryVine-covered facade and tower of church with residential building and parked automobiles on far right, street light and street signs ("St. James Place" and "Lafayette Ave.") in left foreground, child standing on far left, and intersecting streets. Caption: "St. James Episcopal Cthurch [sic], Lafayette Ave. and St. James Place, hasn't been u[sed for] church services because of insecure foundations since the 8th Ave. subway was built. [It is] a beautiful stone church, almost wholly covered with ivy. Arched windows are beautiful against the ivy."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 20/38. Retouched. Title from caption on verso, corrected by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. James Episcopal Church ; Anglican church buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (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: Episcopal: Saint James (Protestant) Episcopal Church