About This Item


  • TitleStorm victim
  • Call NumberCHUR_0855
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade and damaged steeple of church with iron fence along front and side, street light and signs, three fire hydrants, parked automobile, trees and pedestrian in foreground, residential/commercial buildings and two parked (?) automobiles on far left, and intersecting streets. Caption: "Storm victim--Repair of the break caused by hurricane winds in the steeple of the 108-year-old historic St. Paul's R. C. Church, Court and Congress Sts., will cost more than $5,000, the Rev. John I. J. Smith, pastor, reported today. The steeple, built in 1846, can be seen for miles around because of its copper finish."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 19, 1944. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Paul's Church ; Automobiles ; Catholic church buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cobble 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.