About This Item

  • TitleSabbath rains no obstacle
  • Call NumberCHUR_0502
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryGroup of men and women in yard, several holding umbrellas; woman in center holds shovelful of soil; man on right is wearing clerical attire and cross pendant.earth. Caption: "Sabbath rains no obstacle--Mrs. Annie Smith, 82, oldest parishoner [sic] of People's Institutional A. M. E. Church, breaks the ground at ceremonies for a new church center to be named after the wife of the pastor, the "Charlotte Stewart Community Center." the Rev. Charles W. Stewart, pastor, and other parishioners look on. The center will be erected on the Madison St. side of the church, which is situated at [236] Stuyvesant Ave."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 26, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPeople's Institutional Methodist Church ; Ground breaking ceremonies [lctgm] ; Methodist churches [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.