About This Item


  • TitleNew church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • Call NumberCHUR_1134
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 59th Street and 5th Avenue, with many rows of pews, supporting pillars, chandelier, portion of ceiling, and altar (?) in center background. (A new church building was erected on this same site in two stages: 1910 and 1928.).
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 12, 1909; Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectOur Lady of Perpetual Help Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Pews [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.