About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0422
  • TitleTwenty-five years ago
  • SummaryCaption: "Twenty-five years ago--As members of Columbus Council, Knights of Columbus, prepare to celebrate an Old Timers' Night at the clubhouse, 1 Prospect Park West, on May 9, reminiscing is in vogue. The photograph shows Joseph W. Conklin, right, then the Council's Grand Knight, laying the last brick on the new club building a quarter of a century ago. With him was Harry McPherson, left, superintendent of the Kennedy Construction Company. Architects for the building were Thomas Short and John T. Riggs. ..."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Apr. 30, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectKnights of Columbus ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Clubhouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clubs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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: Clubs: Social: Knights of Columbus