About This Item

  • Title[St. John the Baptist Church]
  • Call NumberCHUR_0802
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade (wood) of building [Willoughby Avenue and Lewis Avenue] used as a chapel by St. John the Baptist parishioners with two men and two women standing on far left.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 4 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 3/38. On verso: "First frame building on site of present church used as a chapel in 1868." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectSt. John the Baptist Church ; Catholic church buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.