About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0743
  • Title[Help build this grotto]
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering displayed on easel of proposed grotto dedicated to the Virgin Mary; signs above and below easel read, "Help build this grotto" and "Drive for dimes." Caption: "Shown here is part of a self-explanatory pictorial bulletin placed on the grounds of the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, which last Sunday started a drive for $30,000 to complete the outdoor grotto and chapel. . . . The pictorial bulletin shown here, and which gives a splendid idea of how the grotto and chapel will look, was designed, painted, and erected by the well known artist Michael Stabile. . ."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 10/39. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectShrines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Grottoes (Garden structures) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker 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: St. Bernadette: Roman Catholic