About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0672
  • TitleWaterfront retreat group
  • SummaryThree rows of men in group portrait at edge of field before bare trees; three Catholic clergymen sitting in middle of front row. Caption: "Waterfront retreat group: Loaders, checkers, clerks, superintendents, longshoremen, watchmen and labor foremen from Brooklyn piers, including 7 Bush Terminal, 33d St. pier, and piers 9, 17, and 18, are shown during a retreat they spent on Mount Manresa, Jesuit retreat house, Staten Island...."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsgroup portraitsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso; inscription on lower right of recto: "Mt. Manresa, March 14/17, 1952." On verso: date stamped: Mar. 29, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCatholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spiritual retreats -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Staten Island (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: International Longshoreman Assc