About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0875
  • TitleShrine of St. Therese
  • SummaryAltar in St. Peter Claver Church, Jefferson Avenue and Claver Place with life-size statue of St. Therese, many flowers and many candles; mural over altar is St. Therese surrounded by angels and inscription at top: "I will let fall a shower of roses."
  • Date1928
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 5/28. Retouched. title from inscription under image.
  • SubjectThérèse, de Lisieux, Saint, 1873-1897 ; St. Peter Claver Church ; Altars ; Statues
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Roman Catholic: Saint Peter Claver Church