About This Item

  • TitleSteeplejack puts cross on St. Matthew's Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_1027
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade and steeple of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, McDonough Street and Tompkins Avenue; steeplejack works with cross on steeple top; portion of residential building (?) in right background.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 11 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 7, 1915. Cropped left and right with vertical black lines; white diagonal line in lower left. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectSt. Matthew's Episcopal Church ; Anglican church buildings ; Steeple-jacks ; Steeples [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.