About This Item

  • TitleMissing crowns were here
  • Call NumberCHUR_0693
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPortion of mural (closeup) depicting seated Madonna and Child; inscription above figures: "Regina Pacis." Caption: "Missing crowns were here--Metal pegs protruding from the heads of figures on the mural of the Madonna and the Child ... show where stolen jewel-encrusted gold crowns rested at the Regina Pacis Votive Shrine [65th Street and 12th Avenue] A jeweled necklace and a bracelet on the Madonna were undisturbed."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of image appears to be missing. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 2, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectMary, Blessed Virgin, Saint ; Regina Pacis Votive Shrine ; 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.