About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0867
  • TitleHonor parish men in service
  • SummaryFive men wearing military (?) attire and one man wearing clerical attire standing in front of memorial plaque; man in center is placing a wreath on memorial. Caption: "Honor parish men in service--Edgar R. Canavan, commander of the Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Post, lays a wreath on the honor roll of the St. Rose of Lima R. C. Church [Parkville Avenue near Ocean Parkway] while Monsignor James H. Casey, pastor, left, and John W. Cannon, chairman of the ceremony committee, look on."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 11, 1944. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Rose of Lima Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; War memorials ; Wreaths
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.