Last solemn high mass

Last solemn high mass
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Title: Last solemn high mass
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Caption: "Last solemn high mass at St. John's Home for Boys was celebrated yesterday in the old chapel. Mons. Lawrence H. Bracken is shown blessing the congregation. He is assisted by the Rev. Adrian McCarthy, S.M., and the Rev. Joseph Tetzlaff, S.M., chaplain at the home." Image includes two altar boys in right background. Location is presumably Crown Heights before home relocated to Rockaway Beach, Queens.

Date: 1940
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks.
On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 6, 1940.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Social Welfare
Subject: St. John's Home for Boys (New York, N.Y.)
Catholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York.
Mass
Orphanages
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: SWEL 0583