About This Item

  • Title[Interior, Holy Name Church]
  • Call NumberCHUR_0622
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior, elaborately decorated, of Holy Name Church, 243 Prospect Park West, with several rows of pews decorated with lilies, altar decorated with two candles in candlesticks, four vases, cross, and large bouquets of lilies, reredos with life-size statue of Jesus, and large potted palms, large bouquets of lilies, and row of potted flowers on each side of altar.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 1/34. On verso: "5,000 lilies used in church decoration of Holy Name Church, Prospect Pk. West, July 5, at wedding of Miss Anna Mae Daly and Joseph W. Trimble." Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectHoly Name Church ; Altarpieces ; Altars ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Lilies ; Pews [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.