About This Item

  • TitleA synagogue is opened
  • Call NumberTEMP_0001
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "A synagogue is opened: At dedication of the new building of Congregation Agudath Sholom, 18th and Coney Island Aves., Rabbi Israel Kravitz, with hand raised, blesses the edifice." Image includes group of men and women on balcony of temple. Some men holding Torahs. Flags and pennants decorating temple facade.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 4, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSynagogues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Kensington (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.