About This Item

  • TitleSt. Anselm's R. C. Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0724
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior, St. Anselm's Church, 4th Avenue between 82nd and 83rd Streets: church service with many parishioners; main altar with many flowers, candles and angel statue on pedestal on each side; two side altars: left: four candelabras, four floral bouquets, two life-size statues; right: two candelabras, two candles, three floral bouquets, life-size statue and crucifix; four hanging light fixtures. Several men and women wearing military attire are standing in church front, some carrying large flags on poles.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: "American Legion, Bay Ridge Post." Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectSt. Anselm's Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Religious services
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.