About This Item

  • TitleChurch of the Holy Rosary altar
  • Call NumberCHUR_0625
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAltar and reredos, elaborately decorated, of Holy Rosary Church, 1141 Chauncey Street, with eight candles in tall candlesticks, two candles in shorter candlesticks, two candelabras, and cross; statue in niche on each side of altar; mural and round stained glass window behind altar.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Oct. 3/39. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHoly Rosary Church ; Altarpieces ; Altars ; 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.