About This Item

  • TitleSt. Paul's Choristers
  • Call NumberCHUR_0309
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySeven standing choir boys holding books, singing in church. Caption: "St. Paul's Choristers, the choir of 40 boys and men of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Flatbush, will present the Passion According to St. Matthew, by J. S. Bach, on Good Friday, April 16, at 7:45 p.m. the narrator will be the Rev. Harold S. Olafson, D.D., rector of St. Paul's Church. The St. Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday, April 15, 1729, at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig."
  • Date1950
  • 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: Apr. 10, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Paul's Episcopal Church ; Anglican church buildings ; Choirboys
  • 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.