About This Item


  • Call NumberCHUR_0359
  • TitleWitnesses
  • SummaryCrowd standing in line on sidewalk with street light and sign ( "Prospect St."), parked automobile, police car (moving), and closeup of brick, exterior building wall. Caption: "Witnesses by the thousands line up for an inspection tour of printing plant of Watchtower publications. Some 20,000 are expected to see the plant at 117 Adams St."
  • Date1953
  • 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] 27, 1953. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWatchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York ; Jehovah's Witnesses
  • 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: Jehovah's Witnesses: Wacthtower Bible & Tract Society: Printing Press