About This Item

  • TitleConsecration
  • Call NumberCHUR_0657
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men in clerical attire and three altar boys (two carry candles, one carries cross). Caption: "Consecration--Shown in the procession at the annual consecration of the Legion of Mary to the Blessed Virgin in Our lady of Perpetual Help R. C. Church, 59th St. and 6th Ave., are bishop Thomas E. Molloy, center, flanked by the Rev. Joseph A. Breslin and the Rev. John Brennan, rector and assistant rector of Our Lady Church, preceded by altar boys."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 2, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOur Lady of Perpetual Help Church ; Catholic Church -- Clergy ; Acolytes ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.