About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0111
  • TitleGeorge Washington statue in Williamsburg Bridge Plaza
  • SummaryGroup of female students posing for photograph on pedestal of equestrian staute of George Washington by Henry Merwin Shrady in Williamsburg; other students observing them; apartment buildings and church steeple in background; snow on ground in foreground.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 23/34. On recto: "Eagle." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectWashington, George, 1732-1799 -- Statues ; Shrady, Henry Merwin, 1871-1922 ; Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Equestrian statues -- New York (State) -- New York ; Schoolgirls -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: George Washington