About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0148
  • TitleBoy raising flag
  • SummaryBoy in jacket and tie, observed by uniformed Legionnaire at right, raising flag (unseen) at dedication ceremony. Caption on verso: "J. Herbert Todd, Jr., grandson of the late William H. Todd, shipbuilder, raises the flag at dedication of Todd Memorial Square, Columbia and Halleck Sts., in memory of his grandfather. Exercises were sponsored by Todd Memorial Post, American Legion, which contributed the flagpole. (Tri-Boro photo.)".
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: May 15/39. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorTri-Boro Photos [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectFlag raising and lowering -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceRed Hook (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: Memorials: Todd Memorial Square