About This Item

  • TitleSolemn ordination rites
  • Call NumberCHUR_0781
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwenty-two young men wearing clerical attire kneeling and holding candles in church ceremony; group of parishioners are sitting in background. Caption: "Solemn ordination rites--Newly ordained priests kneel in St. James Pro-Cathedral [Jay Street and Cathedral Place] during ceremonies conducted by Archbishop Molloy."
  • 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: caption stamped: Jun[e] 7, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. On verso: "Deacons kneel holding lighting [sic] candels [sic] during catechumen [sic] mass in front of alter [sic]". Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. James Pro-Cathedral ; Catholic churches [lctgm] ; Ordination
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown 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.