About This Item

  • TitleNew parish house
  • Call NumberCHUR_0330
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men standing on lawn: man on left is wearing black robe and holding book, man in center has foot on shovel. three men and two women are standing behind them in center and at left, and several spectators are sitting in chairs on right. Caption: "New parish house--Fred Benzenberg, co-chairman of the building committee, wields spade at ground-breaking ceremonies for new parish house at Bethlehem Evangelical and Reformed Church, Cortelyou Road and E. 7th St. Ready to lend a helping hand are the Rev. John W. Schauer Jr., pastor, and Stanley D. Hicks, president of the church, right."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Sep[t] 14, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBethlehem Evangelical and Reformed Church ; Evangelicalism ; Ground breaking ceremonies [lctgm] ; Parish houses ; Spectators [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.