About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0600
  • TitlePitch in to rebuild church
  • SummaryFourteen men (two wearing clerical attire) standing on waterfront. Two men in front hold document. Caption: "Pitch in to rebuild church--Longshoremen, loaders, weighers, clerk and checkers at Brooklyn's 31st St. pier all contribute to drive to rebuild the R. C. Church of Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen, Hicks and Summit Sts., destroyed by fire Jan. 10. They are shown turning over $1,562.75 to the fund. Left to right: Angelo Merolla, stevedore foreman; the Rev. Leonard Pavone, the Rev. Francis DelVecchio, the Rev. Frank Ricigliaro and Joseph Ravieri, timekeeper."
  • 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: Mar. 23, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary/St. Stephen Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Church fund raising
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceRed Hook (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.