About This Item

  • TitleKing's handiwork
  • Call NumberCHUR_0368
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWoman sitting in front of altar and touching altar cloth; there are four objects on altar including silver chalice. Caption: "King's handiwork--Mrs. Martha Gahn, Swedish textile artist, examines antependium embroidered by King Gustaf [sic] of Sweden. Now on display in Stockholm, it will be presented to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 3d Ave. and Pacific St., as 75th Anniversary gift next April."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 16, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGustav V, King of Sweden, 1858-1950 ; Bethlehem Lutheran Church ; Altar-cloths ; Embroidery ; Lutheran churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBoerum Hill (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.