About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0136
  • TitleWaterfront park with flagpole
  • SummaryMan in overcoat and fedora pointing to base of flagploe at harbor in Bay Ridge; grassy plot with park benches and street lamps around flapgpole; tugs and other boats on water in background; Manhattan skyline in far right background. Inscription on verso: "William E. Griffin points to spot where legionnaires will erect a stone memorial to Naval Heroes who died in World War. Old Glory Lookout on Shore Rd & 80th St."
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 27/31. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Flagpoles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • 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: Old Glory Lookout : Naval Memorial (WWI)