About This Item

  • TitleDecorate soldier graves
  • Call NumberHOLI_0419
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBoy Scouts and one Cub Scout bending over headstones in cemetery and adjusting flags. Caption on verso: "Decorate Soldier Graves: Boy Scouts of Bushwick-Arlington district place American flags at headstones of graves of U.S. soldiers and sailors in Cypress Hills Cemetery in prepration for Memorial Day. Nearly 500 Boy Scouts during the past week have been similarly decorating soldier-sailor graves in cemeteries in the five boroughs."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 29, 1946. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boy Scouts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.