About This Item

  • Call NumberTEMP_0040
  • TitleGroundbreaking
  • SummaryTwo men holding shovel amid crowd of onlookers at groundbreaking ceremony in Brownsville. Store signs in English and Hebrew in background. Caption: "Groundbreaking: Assistant District Attorney Samuel Y. Gitlin, left, and Harry Kokiet, president of Congregation Chevra Knesseth Israel Beth Jacob, at start of groundbreaking exercises for new center and synagogue, Tapscott St. and Blake Ave. Onlookers kept to umbrellas for ceremony."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 24, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGround breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Synagogues & temples: Chevra Knesseth Israel Beth Jacob, Congregation