About This Item


  • TitleBuried beneath cornerstone
  • Call NumberCHUR_0013
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree Black men wearing suits and one Black woman wearing black dress, corsage and hat, all standing. Man and woman in center are holding a box. Caption: "Buried beneath cornerstone--The Rev. Gardner Taylor, center, pastor of the new Concord Baptist Church of Christ which is rising phoenix-like from its ashes at Madison St. and Marcy Ave., holds 'Time Box,' containing comtemporary exhibits, including a copy of the Brooklyn Eagle, which was placed under the cornerstone yesterday. Onlookers are, left to right, James A. Farrar, clerk of the church, Mrs. Beulah S. Palmer, chairman of the Deaconess Board, and William T. Bell, chairman of the Board of Trustees."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectConcord Baptist Church ; Baptist church buildings [lctgm] ; Blacks ; Cornerstone laying ; Time capsules
  • 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.