About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0343
  • TitleGround is broken
  • SummaryThree men, two wearing suits, one wearing black robe, break ground with shovels while crowd of spectators observe; high-rise residential building in background. Caption: "Ground is broken for new interdenominational Church of the Open Door at Gold and Nassau Sts. in Farragut Houses by, left to right, Anthony Jones, deacon of the church; the Rev. Dr. Kenneth D. Miller, executive director of the New York City Mission Society, and the Rev. H. Richard Siciliano, pastor."
  • Date1953
  • 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: date stamped: Apr. 27, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch of the Open Door ; Ground breaking ceremonies [lctgm] ; Independent churches
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Inter & nondenominational: Church of the Open Door