About This Item


  • TitleSt. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0420
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade and tower of church with iron fence along front and residential buildings and tree on left. Caption: "St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [283] Prospect Avenue, below 6th Avenue, South Brooklyn. Organized April 12, 1868. ..." (At time of cataloging, name is St. John-St. Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church.).
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: May 9, 1943; date stamped: Apr. 25, 1948. Stamped on verso: "Rev. Werner Jentsch, 281 Prospect Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Lutheran churches [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Windsor Terrace (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.