Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes
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| Title: | Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes |
| Description: | Caption: "A young girl [back to camera, wearing winter coat and hat] on her way home from high school stops a moment to pray at the outside shrine [in grotto] to our Lady of Lourdes at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 40th St. on the grounds of St. Catherine of Alexandria's Church. The shrine will be dedicated Dec. 3 by Mons. Fulton J. Sheen;" presumably the girl is a student at the Church's school. |
| Date: | 1939 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Borough Park (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 19/39. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Schools
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| Subject: |
Prayer Shrines |
| 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: | SCHL 0252 |
