About This Item

  • Title[Cub Scout pointing to headstone]
  • Call NumberHOLI_0416
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCub Scout on one knee pointing to headstone of soldier in Cypress Hills Cemetery, as part of Memorial Day observance; small flag planted next to tombstone. Typed label on verso: "Cub Scout Frederick Hetzer, 8 years old of Cub Pack 168, Brooklyn places a flag on a veteran's grave."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: June 2, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorMay, Jerry
  • SubjectCypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cub 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.