About This Item

  • TitleSt. Finbar's R. C. Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0765
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of church with tree, short hedge and street sign in right foreground, residential buildings (one with sign "Doctor A. Hull") on far right, trees and residential building on far left, and intersecting streets. Caption: "St. Finbar's R. C. Church located at Benson Avenue & Bay 20th Street, Bath Beach. Founded 1881 ... the cornerstone for a new church ... was laid in 1920. Rev. Thomas Scanlan, Pastor."
  • Date1932, published 1943, 1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Eagle" printed in black ink in lower left. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 15/32; captions stamped: Dec. 12, 1943 and Aug 22, 1948. Title from earlier caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Finbar's Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBath Beach (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.