About This Item

  • TitleLay cornerstone
  • Call NumberCHUR_0438
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive men standing, three wearing clerical attire; man onfar right is holding book in left hand and is touching cornerstone with trowel in right hand. Caption: "Lay cornerstone--Ceremonies marking the laying of the cornerstone of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Avenue J and E. 40th St., were held yesterday. From left to right are Supreme Court Justine W. R. Wilson, guest speaker; the Rev. F. Holter, former pastor of the church; the Rev. J. Henry Carpenter, executive secretary of the Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation, and the Rev. Harold W. Sticht, pastor of the church, laying the coernerstone."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 23, 1941. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Paul's Lutheran Church ; Cornerstone laying ; Lutheran churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.