About This Item

  • TitleR. C. Church of St. Teresa
  • Call NumberCHUR_0873
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CHUR 0874), some of which may also be described in this new record; Facade and twin towers of church with iron fence along front and side, street light and tree in right foreground, and intersecting streets. Caption: "R. C. Church of St. Teresa, Sterling Place and Classon Avenue. First mass celebrated May 4, 1874 ... Cornerstone of the present ... edifice was laid August 4, 1874. The church was appropriately dedicated on the Feast of St. Teresa, October 16, 1887."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: captions stamped: Jun[e] 18, 1944 and Jul[y] 25, 1948. Title from earlier caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Teresa's Church ; Catholic church buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Heights (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.