About This Item

  • TitleGutted walls
  • Call NumberCHUR_0012
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBlack man, standing with borough president, points at wreckage of building while being observed by two Black men and two Black women. Caption: "Gutted walls of the old Concord Baptist Church, Marcy and Putnam Aves., are pointed out to Borough President Cashmore as ground-breaking ceremonies for the new church yesterday afternoon."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 20, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectConcord Baptist Church ; Baptist church buildings [lctgm] ; Blacks ; Ground breaking ceremonies
  • 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.