About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0056
  • TitleFor What
  • SummaryCaption: "'For What,' painted by Elbert M. Jackson as a contribution to the Emergency Peace Campaign in its national program to keep the United States out of the next World War. Original will be shown at the Armistice Day meeting at Madison Square Garden."
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: Nov. 7/36. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectPainting, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century ; Peace-building -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans Day -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Holidays: Armistice Day: III