About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0099
  • TitleThe old and new
  • SummaryTwo women and seven playing children in front of Beecher statue between two columns, with two smaller statues at base of pedestal, right (one woman comforting another); bas-relief sculpture of Abraham Lincoln on left. Caption: "The old and new--Mrs. Judith Keston, left, and Mrs. Dorothy Johns watch their young charges in day care unit of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims [75 Hicks Street] play near statue of Brooklyn's humanitarian minister, Henry Ward Beecher."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: Oct. 21, 1945. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 ; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 ; Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Bas-relief [lctgm] ; Congregational churches ; Sculpture ; Statues
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • 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: Churches: Congregational: Plymouth: Henry Ward Beecher