About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0825
  • TitleChurch drive blessing
  • SummaryMan wearing clerical attire standing in center with several men kneeling at railing facing him; several men are sitting behind them. Caption: "Church blessing drive--The Rev. Leo A. Kelly, administrator of St. Matthew's R. C. Church [250 Utica Avenue] and honorary chairman of the $100,000 parish improvement building fund campaign, blesses volunteer workers prior to general solicitation in the parish. ..."
  • 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: caption stamped: Jun[e] 24, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. On verso: "St. Matthew's building fund." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorVassar
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Matthew's Church ; Catholic Church -- Clergy ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Posture in worship
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown 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.