About This Item

  • TitleNew Church of the Nativity
  • Call NumberCHUR_0597
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of church with residential building on far left. Caption: "R. C. Church of the Nativity, Madison Street and Classon Avenue. ... Cornerstone laid by the late Cardinal Mundelein on September 27, 1915. Organized in 1872. Rev. John L. Belford, Pastor."
  • Date1916, published 1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: dates inscribed: Dec. 24, 1916 and June 13, 1943; date stamped: Nov. 9, 1947; caption stamped: Dec. 2, 1951. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch of the Nativity ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (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.