About This Item

  • TitleJanes M. E. Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_1070
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of church with several leafless trees in foreground, telephone poles and parked automobiles on far left, residential buildings on both sides, and intersecting streets. Caption: "Janes M. E. Church, Reid Avenue and Monroe Street. Founded in 1859. Named for Edmund S. Janes, last Bishop of the United M. E. Church. ..." (Later known as Janes United Methodist Church located at 268 Stuyvesant Avenue.).
  • Date1909, published, 1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 15, 1909; Eagle stamp. On verso: "Rev. William C. Sainsbury." Pencil cropping mark; retouched; image is discolored. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectJanes Methodist Episcopal Church ; Methodist churches [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.