About This Item


  • TitleSt. Matthew's First Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0433
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade and steeple of church, with iron fence along front, church sign on each side of doorway (man working on left sign), two ladders resting against building , left of doorway, and portion of parsonage on far right. Caption: "The 75-year-old building of St. Matthew's First Evangelical Lutheran Church...'' [North 5th Street near Driggs Avenue].
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteMost of background cropped from image. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 2/39. On verso: "N. 5th St. nr. Driggs Ave." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Matthew's First Evangelical Lutheran Church ; Lutheran churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.