About This Item

  • TitleSacred gems restored
  • Call NumberCHUR_0702
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior: altar with two large floral bouquets, three candles in tall candlesticks, and crucifix; above altar: mural of Madonna and Child with inscription, "Regina Pacis" above figures. Caption: "Sacred gems restored--With diamond-encrusted crowns in place again, this is how mural of Madonna and Child at Regina Pacis Votive Shrine [65th Street and 12th Avenue] looks following its second unveiling yesterday by Monsignor Angelo R. Cioffi."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 6, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E. [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMary, Blessed Virgin, Saint ; Regina Pacis Votive Shrine ; Altars ; Candles ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Mural painting and decoration [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBensonhurst (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.