About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0097
  • TitleBeecher sat here
  • SummaryCaption: "Beecher sat here--Dr. L. Wendell Fifield, fifth pastor of Plymouth Church in its 100-year history, pauses in Henry Ward Beecher Memorial Gallery beside chair used by famous first pastor. Beside him [left] is a picture [framed portrait] of the great Beecher, and on the wall [upper left] is a memorial tablet to Richard Salter Storrs, first minister of Church of the Pilgrims, with which Plymouth is now consolidated." Tablet: "Richard Salter Storrs, D.D., D.L.D., 1821-1900, Pastor of this church, 1846-1900. 'Not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.'".
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: May 4, 1947. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 ; Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Chairs ; Congregational churches ; Plaques [lctgm] ; Portraits
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • 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