About This Item

  • Call NumberTEMP_0055
  • TitleBreak ground for new synagogue
  • SummaryFour dignitaries at groundbreaking ceremony; onlookers behind fence at left and at right. Caption: "Break ground for new synagogue: Fire Commissioner Frank J. Quayle, left, gives some good pointers at ground-breaking ceremonies for the new synagogue and community center of Congregation Mount Sinai at 305 State St. as three other prominent borough citizens wield the shovels. Left to right are Aaron L. Jacoby, chief clerk of the Surrogate's Court; Deputy Mayor John J. Bennett and Joseph Weinstein, honorary chairman of the ground-breaking committee."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 6, 1948; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGround breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Synagogues & temples: Mount Sinai, Congregation