About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0583
  • TitleLast solemn high mass
  • SummaryCaption: "Last solemn high mass at St. John's Home for Boys was celebrated yesterday in the old chapel. Mons. Lawrence H. Bracken is shown blessing the congregation. He is assisted by the Rev. Adrian McCarthy, S.M., and the Rev. Joseph Tetzlaff, S.M., chaplain at the home." Image includes two altar boys in right background. Location is presumably Crown Heights before home relocated to Rockaway Beach, Queens.
  • Date1940
  • 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: Jun[e] 6, 1940. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. John's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.) ; Catholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mass ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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: Social welfare: Orphanages: Saint John's Home for Boys: Children