About This Item


  • Call NumberOSOS_0353
  • TitleFamily portrait at first communion.
  • SummaryThe Shanahan family on the day of Eileen's first Holy Communion at St. Francis Xavier Church. Back row from left: James Jr., Mary, front row: Thomas Lilly and Eileen.
  • Date[1961?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, color
  • Genrecolor photographsgroup portraits
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor. Original photograph, 4 x 5 inches, digitized on January 30, 2016 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Eileen Kassab at Dyker Heights Library. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • SubjectFamilies ; First communion--Catholic Church
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlacePark Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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