About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0252
  • TitleShrine to Our Lady of Lourdes
  • SummaryCaption: "A young girl [back to camera, wearing winter coat and hat] on her way home from high school stops a moment to pray at the outside shrine [in grotto] to our Lady of Lourdes at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 40th St. on the grounds of St. Catherine of Alexandria's Church. The shrine will be dedicated Dec. 3 by Mons. Fulton J. Sheen;" presumably the girl is a student at the Church's school.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 19/39. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPrayer -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shrines -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBorough Park (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.
  • FolderFolder: Churches: Roman Catholic: Saint Catherine of Alexandria