About This Item

  • TitleStone marker on graves in yard of Bay Ridge M. E. Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0460
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryRectangular stone monument ("Memorial to members and friends, Bay Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church, interred July 1901.") in yard of Bay Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church, 362 Ovington Avenue, with small bush on each side, portion of church (stone) in right background, and other (residential?) buildings, tree and man standing in left background. (Church later known as Bay Ridge United Methodist Church.).
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteBlack cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "Eagle" printed in black ink. On verso: date inscribed: June 3/31; "Eagle photo." On verso: "shows where pioneers are buried, taken from Cowhoven Lane & 6th [Ave.?] 30 years ago in July." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectBay Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church ; Cemeteries ; Methodist churches [lctgm] ; Memorials ; Monuments
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.