About This Item


  • TitleNew church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • Call NumberCHUR_1135
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and church school, 59th Street and 5th Avenue, with wood fence along two sides, telephone poles and lines in foreground, fire hydrant in left foreground, and residential buildings in left background. (Image appears to be a rear view of school and church. A new church building was erected on this same site in two stages: 1910 and 1928.).
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 12, 1909; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso. Torn slightly in center.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectPerpetual Help, Our Lady of ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Church schools
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.