About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0001
  • TitleMemorial, Ocean Pkway & Ft Hamilton Av
  • SummaryDedication ceremony for World War I memorial by Charles Keck showing allegorical figure of Liberty grieving at altar; children laying flowers at base of statue; honor guard standing at attention at left and right; two large American flags draped on either side of memorial; inscription above sculptural niche reads, 'IN HONOR OF THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1917 1918."
  • Date1922
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Photographer's stamp on verso: "Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 22/22. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectKeck, Charles, 1875-1951 ; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Windsor Terrace (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Memorials: Soldiers & Sailors: 61st District WWI Memorial