About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0979
  • Title[Bell of Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church]
  • SummaryClose-up of bell in tower of church at Church and Flatbush Avenues; raised type on bell reads, "Seest: John Van Der Bilt, Esq. gave this bell to the Reformed Dutch Church in Flatbush, Anno domini 1796." Caption on recto reads, "The Church Bell. Presented by Hon. John Vanderbilt in 1796, and in continuous use [to] present time. Captured by the British on its passage to this country from Holland; carried to Halifax, and recovered by a son-in-law of the donor."
  • Date1924
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Sept. 28/24. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectFlatbush Dutch Reformed Church (Flatbush, New York, N.Y.) ; Church bells -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Churches: Flatbush First Reformed Church: Reformed