About This Item

  • TitleBreak ground for school
  • Call NumberCHUR_0736
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men (two wearing clerical attire) standing in yard holding shovels; group of boys and 1 girl stand behind them. Caption: "Break ground for school--Archbishop thomas E. Molloy, Monsignor Francis P. Barilla, pastor of the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette, and Mayor Impellitteri wield silver shovels as they break ground for St. Bernadette's new school, parish center and rectory, at 13th Ave. and 82d St."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Bernadette's Church ; Catholic Church -- Clergy ; Ground breaking ceremonies [lctgm] ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker 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.