About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0347
  • TitleDedication
  • SummaryFacade (brick) of Church of the Open Door, Gold Street and Nassau Street, with telephone pole and lines and pedestrian in foreground, and parked automobile and high-rise residential building in background. Caption: "Dedication--Buildings of Farragut Housing Development seve as backdrop for the new Church of the Open Door ... which will be dedicated Sunday at 201 Gold St. The ultramodern structure was built with funds of seven co-operating Protestant groups, including the New York City Mission Society and the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Council." Date inscribed in ink on caption: Oct. 31, 1954.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch of the Open Door ; Apartment houses ; Independent churches
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Inter & nondenominational: Church of the Open Door