About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0849
  • TitleUnveil Brooklyn shrine
  • SummaryFour men wearing clerical attire look at another man removing a large white cloth from a statue enclosed in a tall wooden case; section of iron fence in foreground, residential buildings in left background and section of brick building with fire escape in center/right background. Caption: "Unveil Brooklyn shrine--As sexton pulls cord to unveil 'Wayside Shrine to Our Lady of Fatima' on grounds of St. Paul's R. C. Church, Court and Congress Sts., the Rev. Maurice J. Rochford, second from right, pastor, watches proceedings with his clergy and an altar boy. The hand-carved mahogany shrine, over 12 feet high, was placed on south side of church, facing Court St., and was dedicated to commemorate the Marion Year of 1954."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 4, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Paul's Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Shrines [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cobble Hill (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: Roman Catholic: Saint Paul's Church