About This Item


  • Call NumberCHUR_0164
  • TitleFlatbush Dutch Reformed Church
  • SummaryFacade (partially vine-covered) and steeple of church with street light and signs, pedestrians, and parked automobiles in foreground, portion of trolley car on far right, trees on both sides, and intersecting streets. Caption: "Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, Flatbush and Church Aves. Oldest church in Brooklyn. It was built in 1698 ..."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 3, 1949. On verso: "Rev. Henry A. Vruwink, D. D., pastor." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFlatbush (First) Reformed Church ; Automobiles ; Reformed church buildings [lctgm]
  • 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
  • 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.