About This Item

  • TitleAttainment
  • Call NumberCHUR_0369
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryGirl wearing white formal dress, holding Bible in right hand, standing on parade float decorated with large, white floral cross, flags, and sign: "The Church of the Lutheran Hour;" also: girl carrying flag walking behind float and, in background, residential buildings, pedestrians (including one man on bicycle) and many spectators. Caption: "Attainment--the key to peace is offered all nations by this symbolic float of the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church [4th Avenue and Ovington Avenue]. The girl is Helen Loew of 125 69th St."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 5, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church ; Lutheran churches [lctgm] ; Parade floats ; Spectators [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBay Ridge (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.