About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0970
  • TitleInterfaith amity
  • SummaryCaption: "Interfaith amity -- Hallam Richardson, lay leader of the Simpson Methodist Church, whose building has been turned over rent free to the Fort Greene Jewish Center, opens the door of the building to Philip Schectman, center[,] president. Left to right are Isaiah Cash, chariman of the center educational committee; Mr. Richardson, Mr. Schechtman, Mrs. Sophia Lauterbach, representing the National Jewish Welfare Board; the Rev. Harry B. Belcher, superintendent of the Brooklyn and Long Island Church Society of the Methodist Church, and Mrs. Theodora Schachne, head of the center women's auxiliary"; sign over door reads, "Jewish Center of Fort Greene, org. 1944."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 11, 1946. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJews ; Methodists ; Religious facilities
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Fort Greene: Jewish Center