About This Item


  • Call NumberCHUR_0172
  • TitleCemetery, Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church
  • SummaryChurchyard (portion) with five tombstones (one broken), two evergreen trees with metal fence around one, portion of church facade at left, and commercial building in right background. Caption: "The vandalism of souvenir hunters forced the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church to erect this high wire fence around the rare English holly tree, which stands in its historic cemetery, Flatbush and Church Aves. ..."
  • Date1938
  • 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 inscribed: M[ar.?] 10/38. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectFlatbush (First) Reformed Church. Cemetery ; Cemeteries ; Reformed church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush First Reformed Church