About This Item

  • TitleAddition to Catholic parish
  • Call NumberSCHL_0595
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Addition to Catholic parish--Architect's sketch of the new convent (left) and addition to parish school (right) of the R. C. Church of St. Therese of Lisieux, known as the Little Flower Church, Ave D and Troy Ave., the cornerstone of which is to be placed in position tomorrow by Auxiliary Bishop Raymond A. Kearney. Monsignor Thomas A. Nummey is pastor of the church." The school is on the far right; all three are three-story brick buildings.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Saint Therese of Lisieux (The Little Flower) Parish School and Convent, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Very Rev. Msgr. Thomas A. Nummey, pastor; Rev. William A. O'Leary, administrator; Thomas H. Irving, architect" typeset below image. On verso: date stamped: May 18, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Therese of Lisieux School (New York, N.Y.)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East Flatbush (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.