About This Item


  • TitleOne of finest
  • Call NumberCHUR_0815
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade and tower (brick, closeup) of church with globed lamps on each side of doorway, iron fence along front, two parked automobiles in foreground, and residential buildings on both sides. Caption: "One of finest examples of French Gothic architecture in the city is St. Leonard's R. C. Church at Jefferson St. and Wilson Ave."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed and stamped: Nov. 13, 1940. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Leonard's Church ; Catholic church buildings
  • 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.