About This Item
- TitleSolemn procession
- Call NumberCHUR_0858
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryStreet parade: eight young boys wearing dress clothes, five young girls wearing white dresses and veils, and man wearing clerical attire standing in front of float; some children carry flags; float is carrying five girls wearing white dresses and white headpieces and large statue; girl on far right carries American flag on pole; there are many other flags on float; church entrance and residential building in background. Caption: "Solemn procession--Children of St. Rita's school in East New York march with statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel during observance yesterday of 700th anniversary of apparition of Our Lady to St. Simon Stock at Convent of White Friars in England. At right is the Rev. Eugenio Fusco, pastor of St. Rita's R. C. Church on Essex St. Pinned to statue is money contributed to church by persons in and watching procession."
- 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: caption stamped: Jul[y] 15, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectSt. Rita's Church ; Processions, Religious ; School children
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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.