About This Item


  • TitleDoors closed
  • Call NumberCHUR_0025
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of building in Bedford Stuyvesant with sign: The Open Door Community Center H. T. B. C. Caption: "Doors closed--This building was bought by the Holy Trinity Baptist Church for use as a youth center. It is not open for youth because the church can't pay for a staff. If opened, it would be the only center of its kind in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCaption dated: Sep[t] 3, 1944. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from inscription on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHoly Trinity Baptist Church ; Baptist church buildings [lctgm] ; Youth centers
  • 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.