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  • TitleMarking the traitor
  • Call NumberCHUR_0495
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior, Hanson Place Central Methodist Church, 144 St. Felix Street. Platform with women wearing choir robes on far right, women wearing academic attire on far left, four men wearing black robes standing, five men wearing black robes kneeling, table in center with several candles and man wearing black robe touching one candle, and, behind table, potted palms and painting; flag suspended from pole in upper left and upper right. Caption: "Marking the traitor--The candle symbolizing the treacherous Judas is extinguished by the Rev. John Emerson Zeiter, pastor of Hanson Place Central Methodist Church at the service of the Communion in the Upper Room. The Rev. Paul D. Clasper, assistant minister, stands at the left of the "Last Supper" table. The ten communion stewards and the choir also participate in the unique ceremony."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 15, 1948; date inscribed: 4/14/49; "Eagle photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHanson Place Central Methodist Church ; Methodist churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.