About This Item
- TitleMissing crowns were here
- Call NumberCHUR_0693
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryPortion of mural (closeup) depicting seated Madonna and Child; inscription above figures: "Regina Pacis." Caption: "Missing crowns were here--Metal pegs protruding from the heads of figures on the mural of the Madonna and the Child ... show where stolen jewel-encrusted gold crowns rested at the Regina Pacis Votive Shrine [65th Street and 12th Avenue] A jeweled necklace and a bracelet on the Madonna were undisturbed."
- Date1952
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 6 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteCropped: approximately half of image appears to be missing. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 2, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- SubjectMary, Blessed Virgin, Saint ; Regina Pacis Votive Shrine ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Mural painting and decoration [lctgm]
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceBensonhurst (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.