About This Item

  • TitleHistoric Catholic edifice
  • Call NumberCHUR_0792
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade and steeple of St. James Pro-Cathedral, Jay Street and Cathedral Place, with street light and signs, boy on bicycle, and pedestrian in left foreground, parked automobile and iron and hedge fences in center foreground, tree on far right, residential/commercial buildings on far left, and highrise building in background. Caption: "Historic Catholic edifice--A view of St. James Pro-Cathedral on Jay St. ... Founded in 1822, St. James was the first Roman Catholic church in the Diocese of Brooklyn."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: 3 x 3 1/2 rectangle missing in upper right and additional 2 inches missing from right margin. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 23, 1941. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. James Pro-Cathedral ; Automobiles ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.