About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0367
  • TitleRoyal gift
  • SummaryCaption: "Royal gift--The Rev. Martin Luther Cornell, left, pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 3rd Ave. and Pacific St., accepts the antependium embroidered for the church by the aged King Gustav V of Sweden, from Lennart Nylander, Consul General of Sweden, at the consulate, 64th St. and Park Ave., Manhattan. King Gustav embroidered the altar cloth for the Brooklyn church in honor of its 75th anniversary next Spring."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 17, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGustav V, King of Sweden, 1858-1950 ; Bethlehem Lutheran Church ; Altar-cloths ; Embroidery ; Lutheran churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBoerum Hill (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: Lutheran: Bethlehem Lutheran Church