About This Item

  • TitleMemorial, Highland Park
  • Call NumberMEMO_0126
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryDedication ceremony for half-clothed allegorical male figure (known as "Dawn of Glory") designed by sculptor Pietro Montana as a World War I memorial, located in Highland Park in Cypress Hills; two American flags draped on either side of statue; soldier holding banner at right; sailor standing at attention at left; potted plants on pedestal; dignitaries and other onlookers in background.
  • Date1924
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: July 14/24. Retouched; figure "1" inscribed in ink on bottom of recto.
  • CreatorMontana, Pietro, 1890-1978
  • SubjectMontana, Pietro, 1890-1978 ; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.