About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0593
  • Title"The Living Madonna"
  • SummaryTwelve young women dressed as nuns in dramatic production. Caption: "'The Living Madonna' will be presented by members of the Blessed Virgin Sodality [sic] of the Church of the Holy Innocents, 279 E. 17th St., on May 1. Miss Kathleen McLaughlin, in the niche, will play the part of the Blessed Mother. Girls dressed as nuns carry candles as pilgrims do to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 26, 1940. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectChurch of the Holy Innocents ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Church entertainments
  • 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.