About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0886
  • TitleBlesses new convent
  • SummaryFour men wearing clerical attire (two standing in doorway, two standing at left of door) and five nuns wearing habits standing on far right. Above doorway, "Visitation Convent." Caption: "Blesses new convent--Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy blesses new convent connected with Visitation Parish, Richard[s] St. and Visitation Place. A Solemn High mass of thanksgiving yesterday also celebrated 100th anniversary of founding of the parish. Monsignor William J. McKenna and Monsignor Patrick B. Kinsella, both former parishioners, were deacon and sub-deacon."
  • 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: May 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVisitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Convent ; Catholic Church -- Clergy ; Convents
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceRed Hook (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: Churches: Roman Catholic: Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary Church