About This Item


  • TitleVandalism on the Heights
  • Call NumberCHUR_0256
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Vandalism on the Heights--Bulletin board of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, Clinton and Montague Sts., shown defaced with strip bearing the words, 'Commie Preachers.'" On left, sign: "Church open daily from 9 am. - 5 p.m. Come in, [r]est and pray."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 24, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHoly Trinity Episcopal Church ; Anglican church buildings ; Vandalism
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn 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.