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Title: New altar
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Man standing with book in hand smiling at four people standing before him at lectern or desk. Caption: "New Altar: First couple to be married in the Marriage License Bureau in the Municipal Building at Borough Hall are shown above during the ceremony. Palms at the side are included. Left to right are Deputy City Clerk James A. Bell, performing the marriage; Raymond B. Coll, witness; Jack Kasawsky, bridegroom; Mae Seandel, the bride, and John Leddo, witness."

Date: 1937
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date inscribed: April 30/37; "Times-Union photo."
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Government
Subject: Civil marriage
Municipal buildings
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: GOVT 0149