About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0473
  • Title[Firemen pulling wagon at 1941 annual parade]
  • SummaryThree elderly firemen helping to pull old-fashioned fire wagon with American flags and picture of George Washington at annual parade in Brooklyn Heights; crowds watching on plaza. Caption: "General view as members of the Flatbush Volunteer Firemen's Association parading pass Borough Hall with their engine today during the fiftieth Annual Washington's Birthday Parade of the Kings County Volunteer Firemen's Association. This is the last parade of the organization".
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date printed on caption: 2/22/41; "Wide World Photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorWide World Photos, Inc.
  • SubjectVolunteer fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire engines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Firemen: Volunteer: Annual Parade 1941