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.
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
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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