About This Item

  • TitlePassing of historic church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0054
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySeven men working on church demolition. Interior/exterior. Caption: "Passing of historic church--Wreckers are tearing down Central Congregational Church, Hancock St., near Franklin Ave. The new Public School No. 3 will occupy the site."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Feb. 14, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCentral Congregational Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Congregational churches ; Wrecking [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (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.