About This Item


  • TitleAid to London
  • Call NumberCHUR_0956
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo Episcopal priests, one black and one white, standing in room with boxes and parcels piled behind them; poster on column behind them reads, "Help London, Diocese of Long Island." Caption: "Aid to London: The Rev. John M. Coleman, right, rector of St. Philip's P. E. Church, MacDonough St. and Lewis Ave., describes the participation of Negroes in the Long Island-to-London drive to aid the needy to Father Torok, a member of the Board of Christian Social Relations . . . ".
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 24, 1948. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEpiscopal Church -- Charities ; Priests -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • 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.