About This Item

  • TitleService of rededication
  • Call NumberCHUR_0278
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive men in clerical attire standing in a church with parishoners seated on both sides. Man in center (bishop) has right hand raised and holds a staff in left hand. Caption: "Service of rededication--Bishop James P. DeWolfe of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island blesses the congregation in ceremonial services rededicating St. George's Church, Gates and Marcy Aves. The Rev. Henry B. Hucles 3d, rector of the church, is in the left foreground. The service included the administration of the Sacrament of Holy Communion."
  • Date1953
  • 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 stamped: Dec. 28, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. George's Episcopal Church ; Anglican churches [lctgm] ; Church dedications [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.