About This Item

  • TitleFiremen's gift to St. John's
  • Call NumberSCHL_0279
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Firemen's gift to St. John's [University]--Edward J. Leonard, president of the Retired Firemen's Association, second from right, presents $5,000 check, gift from the association's Vincent J. Kane Memorial Fund, to the Very Rev. John A. Flynn, president of St. John's, for purchase of furnishings for university's St. Vincent de Paul Chapel, now under construction. Looking on are officials of Local 97, Fire Protection Employes Union, A.F.L.: Walter X. Maloney, corresponding secretary, left, and Walter A. O'Leary, secretary-treasurer."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorJacobellis, William N. [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. John's University (New York, N.Y.)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.