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  • TitleNew youth center
  • Call NumberCHUR_0809
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of building with iron fence along front and portion of residential building on both sides. Caption: "New youth center--Bishop Thomas E. Molloy will bless and officially open Sunday afternoon the Youth Center of the R. C. Church of St. Joseph on Willoughby Ave., between Central and Wilson Aves., of which Monsignor Ottavio Silvestri is pastor."
  • Date1942
  • 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: Oct. 16, 1942. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Joseph's Church Youth Center ; Youth centers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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.