About This Item
- TitleFind refuge in a church
- Call NumberHOUS_0050
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryThree blonde girls seated on cot and drinking milk, watched over by Episcopal priest and the girls' parents. Caption on verso: "Find Refuge in a Church: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Beaver and three of their children, evicted from furnished room because of 'no-children' rule and unable to find other housing, move into Parish Hall of Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, 520 Clinton Ave., with blessing of the rector, the Rev. George Boardman."
- Date1949
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 11, 1951. Photographer's name from inscription on verso. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
- CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectEpiscopal Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (Episcopal) (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Apartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eviction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Landlord and tenant -- New York (State) -- New York ; Poor families -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (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.