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  • TitleBrooklyn to Roseto
  • Call NumberCHUR_0703
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive men standing, for wearing clerical attire; one man hands two boxes to another. Caption: "Brooklyn to Roseto--An admirer of the now famous crowns of Brooklyn's Regina Pacis Votive Shrine [65th Street and 12th Avenue], the Rev. Genaro Leone, son of Mrs. Maria Leone of 23 Cedar St., will have a similar pair made for the votive statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the R. C. Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Roseto, Pa., of which he is pastor. He is shown here presenting the gold and jewels contributed by his parishoner [sic] for the making of the crowns to Blase DeNatale of 72 87th St., designer of the Regina Pacis crowns. Others, left to right, are the Rev. Dominick Sclafani of St. John's Evangelist Church, 21st St. near 5th Ave.; the Rev. John Mary Fiandrino of Kenya, South Africa, and the Rev. Peter Zdrodowski, also of St. John's."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 20, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRegina Pacis Votive Shrine ; Catholic Church -- Clergy ; Catholic church buildings [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.