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Emmanuel House lantern slide collection

Call Number

V1981.284

Date

circa 1900 to 1914, inclusive

Creator

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet in one lantern slide box.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The slides contain photographs of children at the Emmanuel House, their activities, interior and exterior shots of the building, as well as a small number of illustrations and reproduced sheet music.

Historical note

Emmanuel House was located at 131 Steuben Street in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. As a civic center and place of outreach run by the Young Men's League of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, the Emmanuel House offered Sunday school, Kindergarten and recreational classes to children of the church and neighborhood. Emmanuel House was demolished in the mid 20th century during an expansion of the neighboring Pratt Institute, at which time outreach and recreational activities were resumed at the Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Sources

  1. "Emmanuel House." In Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, 327. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Brooklyn, N.Y., 1904.

Scope and Contents

The Emmanuel House lantern slide collection contains 87 slides dated circa 1900 to 1914. The slides contain photographs of children at the Emmanuel House, their activities, interior and exterior shots of the building, as well as a small number of illustrations and reproduced sheet music. The majority of the images in the collection are group portraits of clubs and classes at Emmanuel House, such as the Kindergarten, Sunday school, sewing school, scouts, and baseball team. In addition to group portraits, the collection includes informal photographs of the clubs' recreational activities, such as camping and swimming. Some slides originate from commercial slide studios, namely the Radio Mat Slide Company and Charles A. Beseler.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to users without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

All commercially produced slides are in the public domain. Copyright for anonymously created items will remain in effect for 120 years following the date of creation. Based on the date range of this collection, all items will enter the public domain by 2034. For information on securing rights to publish or reproduce, please see the Brooklyn Historical Society Reproduction Rights Policy.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Emmanuel House lantern slide collection, V1981.284, Box number, Object ID number; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source and date of acquisition for this collection are unknown. The collection was accessioned in 1981.

Related Materials

Records of the Emmanuel Baptist Church are also available at the Brooklyn Historical Society; see ARC.136.

Other Finding Aids

Item-level description and digital versions of images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library.

Collection processed by

Weatherly Stephan

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Language: English

Processing Information

Fully processed to the item level.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Container

Box: V1981.284 Box 1 of 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Box: V1981.284 Box 2 of 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201