About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0269
  • TitleSt. Peter's Square mural
  • SummaryCaption: "A basketball court gives way, for one evening, to a 225-foot mural depicting St. Peter's Square, Rome. The mural, 19 feet high, and made entirely of poster paper and white sign paper, is the work of two teenaged students, Charles M. Helmken, 18, a sophomore, and Thomas C. Abruzzo, 19, a pre-medical senior at St. John's College. It was made as a backdrop of the dance to be given Friday, Sept. 22nd, by the Crusaders Society of St. John's College ..."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1950. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectSt. John's University (New York, N.Y.) ; Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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: Schools: Adult: St. John's University: Buildings