About This Item

  • TitleKer-boom!
  • Call NumberCHUR_0011
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWreckage of church being leveled by demolition equipment. In background: neighboring buildings, street light, and trees. Caption: "Ker-boom!--With thundering roar, massive piece of masonry starts from steeple of Concord Baptist Church, Marcy and Putnam Aves. Church, gutted by fire last October, will be rebuilt by 1954."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 11, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectConcord Baptist Church ; Baptist church buildings [lctgm] ; Wrecking [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (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.