About This Item

  • TitleAltar painting
  • Call NumberCHUR_0469
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "This new altar painting at Bethelship Norwegian Methodist Church, 4th Ave. and 58th St., is the gift of Dr. Charles H. Johnson. He presented it as a memorial to his parents, with whom he attended the church and Sunday School when the congregation met in a floating chapel, the John Wesley, which was anchored at the foot of Harrison St., in the early 1870's. the Rev. Yngvar Johnson and the Rev. Evan H. Bergwall are the ministers of the church."
  • Date1943
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped April 23 (changed to 24?), 1943; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorVang Studio
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBethelship Norwegian Methodist Church ; Altars ; Methodist churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.