About This Item


  • TitleSt. John the Evangelist R. C. Church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0806
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade and steeple of church with iron fence along front and residential buildings on far right. Caption: "St. John the Evangelist R. C. Church, 21st Street near 5th Avenue. Parish established in 1849 ... first church erected in 1850 ... the present church was dedicated on December 2, 1928. ..."
  • Date1944
  • 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: captions stamped: Jul[y] 4, 1944 and Jul[y] 24, 1949. Title from earlier caption on verso.
  • SubjectSt. John the Evangelist Church ; Catholic church buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceGowanus Canal (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.