About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0445
  • TitleIn memory of heroic dead
  • SummarySoldiers, commanded by officer at left, firing into the air; reviewing stand in left background; color guard and marching band partly visible behind infantrymen in foreground; high-rise apartment building on Eastern Parkway in right background. Caption on verso: "In Memory of Heroic Dead: Squad of riflemen, pausing before reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway during Memorial Day parade, fires salute to those who gave their lives for their country on battlefields."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMemorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shooting, Military -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, 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: Celebrations: Memorial Day: Salute