About This Item


  • Call NumberCHUR_0341
  • TitleHistoric occasion
  • SummaryThree men, two wearing clerical attire, one wearing suit, standing in church room; man in center holds book (Bible?) in left hand. Caption: "Historic occasion--Keys to the first interdenominational edifice in a city or State housing project, the Church of the Open Door at Farragut Houses [Gold Street and Nassau Street], are handed to the Rev. H. Richard Siciliano, pastor, by deacon Anthony Jones, Jr., left, as the Rev. Dr. Kenneth D. Miller, director of New York Mission Society, looks on."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 1, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch of the Open Door ; Church dedication ; 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 & nondenominatonal: Church of the Open Door