About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0414
  • TitleUnveil school service flag
  • SummaryCaption: "Unveil school service flag--Lt. Silar Titus, in whose name Brooklyn Preparatory School hung a blue star on its flag, assists at the unveiling ceremony honoring 1,591 of the school's alumni now in service and 35 alumni who were killed in action. Angelo L. Paterno, left, president of the Fathers Guild, presented the flag to Rev. Francis E. Keenan, S.J., president of the school, right."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 16, 1945; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Preparatory School ; Catholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Private: Brooklyn Prep: II