About This Item


  • TitleSt. Therese of Lisieux
  • Call NumberCHUR_0877
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: St. Therese of Lisieux (The Little Flower), Troy Avenue and Avenue D. ...The first mass was celebrated on May 23, 1923. ... The parish ... laid the cornerstone of its new church on September 18, 1927. this is the first shrine in Brooklyn to be consecrated exclusively to St. Therese of Lisieux."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "Eagle photos" printed in black ink on bottom center. On verso: Caption stamped: Oct. 11, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Therese of Lisieux Church ; Catholic churches [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.