About This Item


  • TitleSt. Thomas Aquinas : moving pictures
  • Call NumberCHUR_1200
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryOutdoor makeshift movie theatre; many rows of benches (four boys and one man sitting), large screen in front of church building, and residential buildings on both sides. (Fund raising for St. Thomas Aquinas parochial school building.).
  • Date1913
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: dates stamped: Aug 3, 1913. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectSt. Thomas Aquinas Church ; Fund raising ; Motion picture theaters ; Theater, Open-air
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.