About This Item

  • TitleMissionaries in miniature
  • Call NumberCHUR_0764
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryGroup of young girls (and two boys) sitting in courtyard. Caption: "Missionaries in miniature--Some of the nearly 1,000 youngsters who will take part in Mission Sunday pageant today are shown at dress rehearsal in the habits of various orders of nuns. The borough observance will be held at St. Ephrem's R. C. Church, Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton Parkways. Missionary Sisters of the Sick Poor, Sisters of St. Dominic (foreground) and Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Trinity are represented, left to right."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Oct. 24, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Ephrem's Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Clergy -- Clothing ; Rites and ceremonies
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBay Ridge (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.