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Title: Topping-out ceremony marks chapel progress.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31174 TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY MARKS CHAPEL PROGRESS NEW YORK -- An eight-foot Douglas Fir tree was hoisted to the top of the Protestant Chapel at Kennedy International Airport in New York in a centuries-old ceremony marking one-third completion of the structure. Holding guidelines (right photo) from left to right are Edgar Tafel, architect who designed the chapel for the Protestant Council of the City of New York; R.L. Cowan, chairman of the airport chapel committee, and the Rev. William J. Boone, chaplain who has been developing a united Protestant ministry at the airport while the chapel has been under construction. Looking on is James G. Skinner, president of the building firm of Skinner & Cook. The chapel is being erected in the shape of a Latin cross at the edge of the airport lagoon. It will have a reception, office and counseling rooms, a library and 110-seat meditation chapel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PF-NY-6C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Prescott Fuller & Co. Public Relations (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, June 16, 1964, June 16, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., John F. Kennedy International Airport., Boone, William J., Tafel, Edgar., Cowan, R. L., John F. Kennedy International Airport--Buildings., Skinner, James G., Protestant Council of the City of New York., John F. Kennedy International Airport--Chaplains.
Topical Subject(s): Rites and ceremonies--New York (State)--New York., Chapels--New York (State)--New York., Protestant churches--Clergy., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Queens (New York, N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31174; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31174a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350226

Title: Prescott Fuller & Co. Public Relations captions.
Creator Name(s): Prescott Fuller & Co. Public Relations (New York, N.Y.) (author)
Date Created: 1964, June 16, 1964, June 16, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., John F. Kennedy International Airport., Boone, William J., Tafel, Edgar., Cowan, R. L., John F. Kennedy International Airport--Buildings., Skinner, James G., Protestant Council of the City of New York., John F. Kennedy International Airport--Chaplains.
Topical Subject(s): Rites and ceremonies--New York (State)--New York., Chapels--New York (State)--New York., Protestant churches--Clergy., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31174; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31174_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349814

Title: Topping-out ceremony marks chapel progress.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31174 TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY MARKS CHAPEL PROGRESS NEW YORK -- An eight-foot Douglas Fir tree was hoisted to the top of the Protestant Chapel at Kennedy International Airport in New York in a centuries-old ceremony marking one-third completion of the structure. Holding guidelines (right photo) from left to right are Edgar Tafel, architect who designed the chapel for the Protestant Council of the City of New York; R.L. Cowan, chairman of the airport chapel committee, and the Rev. William J. Boone, chaplain who has been developing a united Protestant ministry at the airport while the chapel has been under construction. Looking on is James G. Skinner, president of the building firm of Skinner & Cook. The chapel is being erected in the shape of a Latin cross at the edge of the airport lagoon. It will have a reception, office and counseling rooms, a library and 110-seat meditation chapel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PF-NY-6C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Prescott Fuller & Co. Public Relations (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, June 16, 1964, June 16, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., John F. Kennedy International Airport., Boone, William J., Tafel, Edgar., Cowan, R. L., John F. Kennedy International Airport--Buildings., Skinner, James G., Protestant Council of the City of New York., John F. Kennedy International Airport--Chaplains.
Topical Subject(s): Rites and ceremonies--New York (State)--New York., Chapels--New York (State)--New York., Protestant churches--Clergy., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Queens (New York, N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31174; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31174
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350225

Title: Topping-out ceremony at Protestant chapel at international airport.
Creator Name(s): Protestant Council of the City of New York. (author)
Date Created: 1964, June 16, 1964, June 16, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., John F. Kennedy International Airport., Boone, William J., Tafel, Edgar., Cowan, R. L., John F. Kennedy International Airport--Buildings., Skinner, James G., Protestant Council of the City of New York., John F. Kennedy International Airport--Chaplains.
Topical Subject(s): Rites and ceremonies--New York (State)--New York., Chapels--New York (State)--New York., Protestant churches--Clergy., Church architecture--New York (State)--New York., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York., Modern movement (Architecture)--New York (State)--New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31174; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31174_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349744

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