About This Item

  • TitleBreak ground for center
  • Call NumberSWEL_0376
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Break ground for center--Herman Ruben, president, Flatbush Jewish Center; L. Donald Freund, Rabbi A. M. Heller, spiritual head of the center, and Maximilian Moss, acting chairman, Board of Education, left to right, break ground for the new ... Center at 220 Ocean Parkway." Three of the men are holding shovels.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 11, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFlatbush Jewish Center (New York, N.Y.) ; Jewish community centers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Shovels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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.