About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0285
  • TitleDigging the new campus
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0284), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Digging the new campus--The Very Rev. Daniel M. Leary, V.C.M., Monsignor Edward P. Hoar, V.G., P.A., Vicar-General of the Brooklyn Diocese, and the Very Rev. Dr. John A. Flynn, C.M., president of St. John's University, left to right, break ground for the first building on the university's new 100-acre campus in Jamaica."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0285: 9 x 7 in. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 12, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. John's University (New York, N.Y.) ; Catholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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: Schools: Adult: St. John's University: Faculty: I