About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1093
  • TitleSteeplechase
  • SummaryCaption: "Steeplechase--Pfc. Gerard Dragonetti, 21, of 6205 Fort Hamilton Parkway, goes over the hurdle at the Fort Hamilton Army Post in expert form required of all troops in the new defense forse now rapidly taking shape as America's answer to Joe Stalin's plan of conquest;" one long, two-story and one six-story building in background.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 8, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMilitary training [lctgm] ; Soldiers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Military: Training