About This Item

  • TitleNew Church of St. Martin of Tours
  • Call NumberCHUR_1183
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryRendering (drawing) of facade of St. Martin of Tours Church with intersecting streets. Caption: "Hancock Street and Knickerbocker Avenue. Parish founded in February, 1906 ... and dedicated on September 30th of the same year. Cornerstone for new church ... laid on November 22, 1914. Dedication ceremonies were observed on May 21, 1916."
  • Date1914, published 1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 22, 1914; caption stamped: Aug. 21, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Martin of Tours Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Ridgewood (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.