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  • TitleNew Syrian Orthodox church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0900
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive men (three wearing clerical attire) standing outside brick building; man second from left carries censer, next man carries cross on pole with white cloth, man in center carries staff in one hand, cross in the other; date engraved in wall: "195[1]." Caption: "New Syrian Orthodox church--three dignitaries of the Syrian Antiochian Archdiocese are shown officiating at ceremonies yesterday for the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary's Antiochian Church, 81st St. and Ridge Boulevard. shown left to right are the Very Rev. Wakeem Bashir, vicar general of the diocese; Metropolitan Archbishop Anthony Bashir and the Rev. Abdallah Khoury, rector of the original St. Mary's at 246 State St."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 26, 1951; photographer's name inscribed. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, E. M.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Mary's Antiochian-Syrian Church ; Cornerstone laying ; Orthodox churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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