About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0744
  • TitleBreaking ground
  • SummaryCrowd (including three men wearing clerical attire and four altar boys) standing in church yard; man in center is holding shovel; portion of church on far left and residential building in center/right background. Caption: "Breaking ground--Rev. Santi J. Privitera, pastor of St. Blaise R. C. Church, 520 Kingston Ave., scoops first shovelful of earth for new church, auditorium and school to be built on Kingston Ave. site between Maple and Midwood Sts. Rev. Vincent Termaine, left, and Rev. Joseph Catanzaro join in lending moral support."
  • 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: Apr. 25, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stmap. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Blaize Church ; Catholic Church -- Clergy ; Acolytes ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Ground breaking ceremonies [lctgm]
  • 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.