About This Item

  • TitleR. C. Church of St. Francis of Assisi
  • Call NumberCHUR_1165
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of church with iron fence along front, small tree in left foreground, and intersecting streets. Caption: "R. C. Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Nostrand Avenue and Lincoln Road, Flatbush. Founded in 1898 ... Cornerstone for present church was laid November 2, 1913; dedication April 25, 1915."
  • Date1915, published 1944, 1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 25, 1915; captions stamped: Mar. 26, 1944 and Oct. 17, 1948. On verso: "Handsome new Church of St. Francis of Assisi dedicated today by Bishop Mundelein." Title from earlier caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Francis of Assisi Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.