About This Item

  • TitleChildren pray for pontiff
  • Call NumberCHUR_0782
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior of church: six boys and five girls standing in front of altar; altar is decorated with six candles in candlesticks, two candelabras, and four floral bouquets; canopy over altar with inscription: "In finem dilexit eos;" suspended altar lamp over altar and stained glass window on each side of altar. Caption: "Children pray for pontiff--As the world cast an anxious eye toward Rome, children of St. James Pro-Cathedral [Jay Street and Cathedral Place] offer prayers for the recovery of Pope Pius XII. Inscription above altar states: 'He loved them to the very end'."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 3, 1954. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectSt. James Pro-Cathedral ; Altars ; Catholic churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown 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.