About This Item

  • TitleOne-day lease
  • Call NumberCHUR_0735
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men (two wearing military uniforms) standing in office; man on right is shaking hand of man in center and is handing him document; clock in top center, desk on far left with telephone and several other objects. Caption: "One-day lease--Sylvester A. Minifer, chairman of the United Societies of the R. C. Shrine Church of St. Bernadette receives from Capt. Joseph H. Gibbons, commanding the New York Naval Militia, a lease of the armory at 52d St. and 1st Ave. for Feb. 21, when the societies will hold a bazar [sic] for the benefit of the church."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 13, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorCampbell, E. L. (Edward L.)
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Bernadette's Church ; United States. Navy -- Officers ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Fund raising
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker Heights (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.