About This Item

  • TitleParish house reopens
  • Call NumberCHUR_0321
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour men (two are Black) standing in parish house room; three are wearing clerical attire; bishop, second from left, hold book in left hand. Caption: "Parish house reopens--the Rt. Rev. Jonathan Goodhue Sherman, second from left, suffragan bishop of the Long Island Diocese, dedicates the recently renovated parish house of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur St., assisted by Canon A. E. Saunders, left, archdeacon of Brooklyn, and the Rev. John M. Coleman, pastor of St. Philip's. James D. Diggs, right, represented Borough President Cashmore."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 22, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBing Studio
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Philip's Episcopal Church ; Anglican church buildings ; Blacks ; Clergy ; Parish houses
  • 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.