About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0865
  • TitleHelping new convent
  • SummaryFour men (two wearing clerical attire) standing; three are holding a check. Caption: "Helping new convent--Adolph M. DeOptatis, new president of the Holy Name Society of St. Rosalia's R. C. Church, 1230 65th St., hands a $1,000 check to Monsignor A. R. Cioffi, pastor, second from right, and the Rev. Nicholas Spina, spiritual director of the society, to help build a convent for the nuns of the parish. The $1,000 was raised at a ball last month. Magistrate Anthony E. Maglio is an interested spectator."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Feb. 23, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Rosalia's Church ; Catholic Church -- Clergy ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Fund raising
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.