About This Item

  • TitleSouthern Russian
  • Call NumberCHUR_0891
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CHUR 0892), some of which may also be described in this new record; Facade (closeup) of church: top section of facadedome, and bell tower. Caption: "Southern Russian--Towering above the East New York Neighborhood at Pennsylvania and Glenmore Aves., Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church presents an interesting study of green-copper domes atop a red-brick six-story building. Here the Very Rev. John Semanitzky presides over a congregation of 400 families, all of Russian descent. The church was built in 1935, but was founded in 1909."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Jun[e] 11, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHoly Trinity Russian Orthodox Church ; Bell towers ; Domes ; Orthodox Eastern church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.