About This Item

  • TitlePreparation
  • Call NumberCHUR_0442
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior of church. Three men standing in front of altar, two holding altar cloth; altar with two tall candles in candlesticks, large cross and open book on stand; American flag in right background; long kneeler with railing in front of altar. Caption: "Preparation--the Rev. Dr. William G. Boomhower, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Rodney and S. 5th Sts.; Christian H. Monkmeyer, president of its board of trustees, and O. L. Lenski of the furniture company which refurnished the edifice, are shown, left to right, holding an altar cloth, as they prepared for the dedication of the new building to replace the one disastrously damaged by fire in 1944. Dedication services were held Sunday."
  • Date1946
  • 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: Jan. 22, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Paul's Lutheran Church ; Altars ; Lutheran churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.