About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0317
  • TitleBuilding a church
  • SummaryScene in Prospect Park at the annual Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union showing three costumed children on parade float in tableau apparently representing Martin Luther's nailing of the ninety-five theses in Wittenberg; older boy behind float holding banner. Caption on verso: "Building a Church: Tiny missionaries from St. Matthew-Emanuel Lutheran Church illustrate how their forefathers sped the growth of Protestantism in Brooklyn in the past 300 years."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 11, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParade floats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Celebrations: Anniversary Day: Sunday School Parade: 1952-1954: I